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type of rock?
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type of rock?


Jun 29, 2013, 5:39 PM

crazy ? anyone know what type of rock that is howard's rock.

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Either shale, sandstone or evaporite


Jun 29, 2013, 5:50 PM

This may help:

http://www.nps.gov/deva/naturescience/geologicformations.htm

Hope that narrows it down.

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Re: Either shale, sandstone or evaporite


Jun 29, 2013, 6:05 PM

thanks for the info.was just curious.ive heard some rocks r more brittle than others.never really crossed my mind about it just wondering in the little time they done it in why not a few minutes more and take the whole thing glad they didn't

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Jun 29, 2013, 6:13 PM

I may be wrong, but I believe I've heard it called white quartz.

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Jun 29, 2013, 6:43 PM

don't know but limestone semms mor accurate ,again don't know.

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I aleays take rocks for granite.***


Jun 29, 2013, 9:06 PM



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that's not gneiss.***


Jun 29, 2013, 9:09 PM



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White Flint


Jun 29, 2013, 11:32 PM [ in reply to Re: type of rock? ]

according to legend.

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Some kind of quartz. **


Jun 29, 2013, 10:48 PM [ in reply to Re: type of rock? ]

nm

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Jun 29, 2013, 10:37 PM

it is white flint

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White Flint


Jun 29, 2013, 11:32 PM

according to legend.

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Jun 29, 2013, 11:44 PM

it is........

http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20130613/PC20/130619671

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..wonder what the geological age of the rock would be...?***


Jun 29, 2013, 11:49 PM



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..oldest DV rocks maybe 1.7 billion years old according....


Jun 30, 2013, 12:01 AM

... to wikipedia article....unreal to think Howard's Rock could be that old.....

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