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Close up of the smaller rock

Here are a couple more pictures, the smaller rock is 8 inches around and weighs 24 pounds. The bigger rock has more pronounced banding while the rounder ones don't. However even the round ones are ve ...

Interesting comments Bob, thank you. Some of these have pronounced banding, I will take a couple more pics in the morning and post them. Would it be normal for those to be such a small localized dep ...

Here is a close up

Good questions:

There are maybe 40-50 boulders in a very small area, and a lot were buried all near the crest of a ridge but high above the valley floor below us (see picture). I believe they are a ...

I live SW of Denver in the foothills at 8500 ft. We have 5 acres of land with a lot of typical outcropping pink granite, cut by quartz veins. Recently I found these strange green colored round boulde ...

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Topic: Colorado Stone
vrig Replies: 9 Views: 9770	Forum: What is it? - Where is it from? Posted: Jul 02, 2020 10:17 Subject: Re: Colorado Stone
vrig Replies: 9 Views: 9770	Close up of the smaller rock
Topic: Colorado Stone
vrig Replies: 9 Views: 9770	Forum: What is it? - Where is it from? Posted: Jul 02, 2020 10:15 Subject: Re: Colorado Stone
vrig Replies: 9 Views: 9770	Here are a couple more pictures, the smaller rock is 8 inches around and weighs 24 pounds. The bigger rock has more pronounced banding while the rounder ones don't. However even the round ones are ve ...
Topic: Colorado Stone
vrig Replies: 9 Views: 9770	Forum: What is it? - Where is it from? Posted: Jul 01, 2020 20:59 Subject: Re: Colorado Stone
vrig Replies: 9 Views: 9770	Interesting comments Bob, thank you. Some of these have pronounced banding, I will take a couple more pics in the morning and post them. Would it be normal for those to be such a small localized dep ...
Topic: Colorado Stone
vrig Replies: 9 Views: 9770	Forum: What is it? - Where is it from? Posted: Jul 01, 2020 19:02 Subject: Re: Colorado Stone
vrig Replies: 9 Views: 9770	Here is a close up
Topic: Colorado Stone
vrig Replies: 9 Views: 9770	Forum: What is it? - Where is it from? Posted: Jul 01, 2020 19:02 Subject: Re: Colorado Stone
vrig Replies: 9 Views: 9770	Good questions: There are maybe 40-50 boulders in a very small area, and a lot were buried all near the crest of a ridge but high above the valley floor below us (see picture). I believe they are a ...
Topic: Colorado Stone
vrig Replies: 9 Views: 9770	Forum: What is it? - Where is it from? Posted: Jul 01, 2020 18:05 Subject: Colorado Stone
vrig Replies: 9 Views: 9770	I live SW of Denver in the foothills at 8500 ft. We have 5 acres of land with a lot of typical outcropping pink granite, cut by quartz veins. Recently I found these strange green colored round boulde ...