Magnetite Ventifacts at Old Stanton Quarry

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  • čas přidán 24. 09. 2022
  • August 2015. Near Farthing, Wyoming, there is an abandoned iron quarry that my friend Alan and I visited. On the nearby hills there are outcroppings of the material they were after. Pure magnetite, beautifully made into polished, wind-sculpted ventifacts. I wish I would have brought back a big one, but they were so heavy, and we were so far from the car! I do have one on display, so ask to see it when you come!

Komentáře • 25

  • @user-cr5yy4te3i
    @user-cr5yy4te3i Před 2 měsíci +1

    Magnetite is a form of iron oxide with a spinel crystal structure, which makes it very hard.

  • @user-ni5ht4pz9f
    @user-ni5ht4pz9f Před 9 měsíci +1

    Счастливчик.1 на 10000000🎉

  • @truongcucmientaytv2539

    mình có y vây đen sanh luôn hông biết đả vì luôn vào sem dùm được không ban

  • @awangsasongko583
    @awangsasongko583 Před 10 měsíci +2

    Wow amazing, meteorite

  • @alirazatanha5993
    @alirazatanha5993 Před měsícem +1

    i have a metorite 52 grams ....

  • @NaNo-fg5lw
    @NaNo-fg5lw Před 10 měsíci +1

    Aventurine
    I wouldn't Orion Stone

  • @lenzkielumingkitliesis4555
    @lenzkielumingkitliesis4555 Před 3 měsíci

    Hi po

  • @yoqubmeleyov8375
    @yoqubmeleyov8375 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Русский язык 😛

  • @cpsd7119
    @cpsd7119 Před 7 měsíci +1

    This is a volcanic rock, not a meteorite

    • @chrissgraniteparadise2656
      @chrissgraniteparadise2656  Před 7 měsíci +2

      "Volcanic" implies that it erupted somehow onto the surface. I believe that this formation is more of a dike: an intrusion of material into a higher level in the Crust, but not to the surface. A pure magnetitic magma erupted as lava: now THAT would be interesting! Magnetite is quite hard compared to many rock types that may have at one time hosted the dike intrusion.

    • @cpsd7119
      @cpsd7119 Před 7 měsíci +1

      My friend, I saw a lot of them in volcanic areas and I analyzed samples of them. They are really interesting, but the specialists do not pay any attention to them

    • @cpsd7119
      @cpsd7119 Před 7 měsíci

      Expose samples to fire and you will see that they explode due to the intense heat

    • @cpsd7119
      @cpsd7119 Před 7 měsíci +1

      This means that it is closer to Obsidian

    • @chrissgraniteparadise2656
      @chrissgraniteparadise2656  Před 7 měsíci +1

      @@cpsd7119 Obsidian is NOT magnetic, nor does it really contain much, if any, iron at all. It is more silicate content. Though it may LOOK similar...

  • @lazarusramaube8291
    @lazarusramaube8291 Před 9 měsíci +1

    There's a place in Limpopo with lots of these stones,they annoying the people

    • @chrissgraniteparadise2656
      @chrissgraniteparadise2656  Před 9 měsíci

      Why are the stones annoying??

    • @user-cr5yy4te3i
      @user-cr5yy4te3i Před 2 měsíci

      @@chrissgraniteparadise2656 they are constantly underfoot and a real pain in the a__ if you fall on them.

  • @SmhamdHamdwi
    @SmhamdHamdwi Před 2 měsíci +1

    عندي.فحلاو..