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Hunting the elusive Michigan Pudding stone

Started by Jeff, June 14, 2008, 10:44:50 PM

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Jeff


Today Tammy and I took a two or three hour break from picking up brush on our land to go for a quad ride and a hunt. A hunt for Pudding Stones. Something rather unique to Northern Michigan.  We had some pretty good luck. We found several average ones and a few good ones.  Here are a few pictures from our bounty.















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Oh, what do you do with a pudding stone once you've captured it?
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Quote from: Dave Shepard on June 14, 2008, 10:52:19 PM

Oh, what do you do with a pudding stone once you've captured it?

Skin it and eat it...
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Cool.  What are the 'raisins' made of?  I wanted to be a geologist before I found out that trees were easier to find in South GA than rocks.
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Dodgy Loner

Any chance I might be able to find one of those when I visit the U.P. after the Piggy Roast ???
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Jeff

I would say there is an excellent chance. :)
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isawlogs

 So ........... Ya collecting to make a fireplace . ???
They look good . Real nice .    8)
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SwampDonkey

Yeah, jasper is a multi-colored (mottled-yellow-red-green) form of Chalcedony quartz. The reds in that stone of Jeff's are from the iron in the quartz and generally they call it "carnelian" chalcedony.  There are many forms of chalcedony quartz and are used in cameos. The top jasper is found in California, Arkansas and Texas. Banded colors form an "agate" form of chalcedony quartz and is found in many areas of the US.

No, I didn't know or have any recollection of the info above I had to look it up. Don't call me an expert.  :D

I have seen a lot of jasper in cameos though and I'm sure others have seen it also in cameos or just simply polished.  ;)
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Quote from: isawlogs on June 15, 2008, 08:44:59 AM
So ........... Ya collecting to make a fireplace . ???
They look good . Real nice .    8)

Come on Jeff...........now that you got dem, where are you pudding dem ???
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Jeff
Looks like a cement truck emptied the rest of his load on your land. ::)

Very interesting, what is binding them together-- limestone? I will have to find some at the next P.R.

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Jeff

no secret.  No real plans. Been struggling to get on line long enough to post today.  Tammy is back home and I'm still here piling brush. Pete will come get me this week.  I did go find  3 more pudding stones today for a break. :)
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I still beleive that they would make a great looking fire place  ;)

  We got power back last night , the crew left hre it was dark .. there where a bunch of trees on the line . One limb that was at least four inches across is almost burnt through . There was a lot of smoke and some flames before the breaker at the other end of the line cut the power off .
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SwampDonkey

Sure looks like it with those rounded quartz stones embedded into it. I would think it's bound by silicates and calcites. Got some HCL handy? ;D
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beenthere

That puddingstone is interesting material. Prowled around a bit, and find it is referred to as St. Joseph puddingstone in your neck of the woods.

Also,
http://toadisland.tripod.com/drummond/pudding.html

Is there more info about it, that you know of, Jeff (the high stumper)?  ;D ;D

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Jeff

No puddin stone hunting today, just lots of clearing. Made some headway today. :)









high stumps are easier to remove there wasthere... ;)
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isawlogs

 
  Harrold ,  those are for him to rest his derriere between cuttings  ;D Ya heard of " pull yourself a stump ... " He is taking it litteraly    ;)
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Jeff

low stumps aint easy to hook a cable to and they aint easy to push against with a dozer or pull over with a hoe. Harold, I never dreamed I'd have to explain such a thing to you. ;)
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