Any geologists or rockhounds on WB?

[Egads]

I hiked the BMT from the Ocoee powerhouse to the Hiawassee powerhouse this weekend. About 4 miles of the hike was alongside Big Lost Creek in TN. The water was very clear and I noticed the creek bed is made with a pearlescent turquoise / aquamarine rock. It was really cool looking and I have not seen it anywhere else.

It appears gray in the picture but it really isn't.
http://www.hikes247.com/images/photo.../IMG_7334.html

Does anyone know the name of the rock or anything about it?

[johnnybgood]

Might be Unikyte .

[Doughnut]

rockdawg69 is a geologist. may want to send him a PM.

DoughNut

[Egads]

Johnnybgood,

A very good try. This stone has no red, is a more subtle green, more slate like than quartz like. It was wavy in the stream bed as if it was a molten flow before it solidified.

[Lugnut]

Isn't Minnesota Smith a geologist?

[johnnybgood]

Yeah , Unikyte has a pinkish appearance and is as you stated quartz like ,, and not what you are describing. Just thought I'd give it that good ole' college try.

[dmax]

Give a heads up if you see anything gold in the creek. I'll come with my pan and won't tell anybody.

[TOW]

this is a good thread, as soon as i get back home i will view this pic. my pappy's computer is dial up so pages take a long time to load....

i use to own a rock shop and have been somewhat of a rockhound for most of my life.

one time i found a stone adz just off the trail up in pennsylvania...

[mudhead]

I will take chlorite for 25 Alex.

[Egads]

I will take chlorite for 25 Alex.

We have a winner

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...%3Den%26sa%3DG

[Nicksaari]

took two semesters of geo/historical geo. found it amazingly interesting. ive def got the eye for geology. i was also pondering if there were geo geeks on WB. great thread!
need to read up on my flora and geology.

[FaithWalker]

Isn't Minnesota Smith a geologist?

Yes, Lugnut, MinnesotaSmith is a Geologist. I will let him know of this thread on Friday when we meet up. FW

[mudhead]

Well, what's your favorite funky rock?

Dikes are cool.

Erratics are very cool.

T. Rex is very, very cool.

[Egads]

Well, what's your favorite funky rock?

Dikes are cool.

Upper Waterton Lake in Waterton National Park claims to have dikes that have been bent by hydraulic pressure. I was surprised to find out the top of the mountains were sedimentary rock and you could see the "ripples in the sand"

[ki0eh]

The eponymous springs in Boiling Springs were created by an igneous dike, as was the vaguely-slightly-more-wooded-than-the-surrounding-countryside crossing of the Cumberland Valley that the A.T. uses.

[dmax]

Has anybody panned the creeks in ga.? The next time I'm done there, I'd like to take a pan.

[dmax]

oops...down there

[Dances with Mice]

Has anybody panned the creeks in ga.? The next time I'm done there, I'd like to take a pan.

A little. Here'n'there.

I'd be glad to tell you about all the places where I haven't found anything.

[rockdawg69]

Yep! I'm guilty of beating on rocks, but retired from that. Got tired of looking at rocks so I went into looking for UXO, or more properly watching the contractors who were digging the stuff up.

Best geologic funky spot - Pilot Mtn, NC, off of US 52, traveling north from Winston Salem. Looks just like Mother Nature herself, soft and sensual.

[Egads]

Best geologic funky spot - Pilot Mtn, NC, off of US 52, traveling north from Winston Salem. Looks just like Mother Nature herself, soft and sensual.

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...%3Den%26sa%3DN