It starts out looking golden as iron pyrite (iron disulfide) seen pictured above, but when exposed to water and oxygen it will turn into iron oxides and hydroxides, like rust or the limonite on the lower photo. So much for golden dreams, but it did excite the imagination of the kid rockhound when I gotContinue reading “Golden to Dross”
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Time and Again
This fossil shell stood out among the small crushed rocks of a local driveway. It told of life in the distant past when seas were much higher than they are now, and what was to become Florida was mostly under water. Over the eons, oceans have risen and fallen, time and again, hundreds of feetContinue reading “Time and Again”
Storming the Sunset
It didn’t seem threatening at first, just a cumulus cloud backlit by the sun and sending streamers across the sky. However, as our boat cruise about the lake and its adjacent waterways progressed, the cloud grew and began dropping rain. Fortunately, it was to on the opposite side of the lake and headed away fromContinue reading “Storming the Sunset”
Eskildoodle Photos and Feelings 