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Thanks so much for that. It makes it that much more interesting to me to know something about it. I also learned that there is a Keweenaw Fault while I was Googling, not that it was involved.
- 1) The angular (very angular) dark red to brown clasts, probably shale to slate or mudstone, to maybe sandstone if the grains are large enough
I don't think it's sandstone, as there aren't noticeable grains. It was found among sandstone, but it's much harder. Is there a way that I could tell if it were shale or mudstone?
- Off-white to light yellow matrix. The white matrix looks to be quartz which is a common form of silica – common in almost every rock. The other option is calcite, but calcite weathers and is usually softer, so soft that large rocks with a pure calcite matrix are far less common than quartz. Without scratching the rock, or the ability to drop dilute amounts or hydrochloric acid on it, I cannot tell if its quartz or calcite, but quarts seems the most reasonable.
What would be the effect? I have HCl available.
- I have no idea if this is a common local rock and if it has a local name – like the Petoskey stone as an example.
I spend a bit of time picking through the rocks on that shore every year, and I have never found one like it. I always keep an eye out. I've found a few agates, but never another one of these. I have found Petoskey's before in the LP.