Magnetite Ventifacts at Old Stanton Quarry

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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!

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@user-cr5yy4te3i Ай бұрын

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

@user-ni5ht4pz9f 9 ай бұрын

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@SmhamdHamdwi Ай бұрын

عندي.فحلاو..

@awangsasongko583 9 ай бұрын

Wow amazing, meteorite

@chrissgraniteparadise2656 9 ай бұрын

Nooo, it is iron, magnetite. Not a meteorite. Really nice rocks though.

@MarioSergioSantosOliveira 3 ай бұрын

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@NaNo-fg5lw 9 ай бұрын

Aventurine I wouldn't Orion Stone

@lenzkielumingkitliesis4555 2 ай бұрын

Hi po

@alirazatanha5993 19 күн бұрын

i have a metorite 52 grams ....

@yoqubmeleyov8375 9 ай бұрын

Русский язык 😛

@cpsd7119 7 ай бұрын

This is a volcanic rock, not a meteorite

@chrissgraniteparadise2656 7 ай бұрын

"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 7 ай бұрын

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 7 ай бұрын

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

@cpsd7119 7 ай бұрын

This means that it is closer to Obsidian

@chrissgraniteparadise2656 7 ай бұрын

@@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...