Any one collect Rocks and or Fossils as a hobby?? I found a heck of a source and have collected about 30+ different pieces. Could need held on ID for some interesting specimens.
GregH
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Rock Collecters-Not Reef?
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i wanted to buy a fossilized megalodon tooth for deco in my dt
Heehee! Send photos to WetWebMedia! Seriously, one of the crew, Neale Monks is a Paleontologist! Even has some extinct species named after him!
Here's the deal, Clam boats that harvest clams dredge the bottom and also pick up rocks,
they bring the rocks back to land so they do not dredge them up again. They have been dumping them in a BIG pile and I have permission to collect as many as I want, large selection of all types. Neat Stuff!
GregH
they bring the rocks back to land so they do not dredge them up again. They have been dumping them in a BIG pile and I have permission to collect as many as I want, large selection of all types. Neat Stuff!
GregH
Nice hookup. I will try to give you some basic information and maybe help you from here. I teach Bio but my minor was in Earth Science so I will do my best.
In regards to the rock, it depends on where it is being deposited from. If it was a dump prior that was layed by some other ship time ago, then you are all over the map. If the material is from New Jersey it depends on how far down the coast you go. New Jersey is broken down into four sections with the upper corner of New Jersey (Sussex Co) was layed down around 500 or so million years ago and as we move ourselves from the mountains to the coast, the break down of the Appalacian mountains, which were taller than the Himalayas, moved all that sediment to form the Jersy we now know. If we draw a line from New Brunswick to Trenton, over to Freehold down to Salem, this area was layed down about about 130 or so mya. and the rest of Jersey was the remains of the sediment that was layed down around 11,000 years ago which is our portion down by AC.
The rock that you would see will be a mix of volcanic and sedimentary types of rocks. Seeing marble, basalt, diabase, schist, sandstones, limestone and the like and sands and clay in the lower sections of Jersey.
Understand that the fossils that you are looking at will mostly be ocean life: shells, corals, squid pens, shark teeth, trilobites and the like. Since the area where the Appalacians were at one time the ocean bottom and were thrust up, that material flowed itself into Jersey during the erosion. If you walk areas in Sussex county, you can look down at the ground and see all kinds of sealife trapped in the rock.
I hope that this helps a bit and at least gives you a way to go.
I know that there is some really good idnetification if you search for Jersey Fossils and look for identification of fossils from Big Brook.
You can never have too large of a collection. Problem is I learned very quickly rock collecting is extremely heavy, hence I now collect sand that is much easier. Also, when my students go on vaction all over the world and I ask them to collect for me, its easier for them to carry back than a 10 lb rock.
Good luck.
Joe
In regards to the rock, it depends on where it is being deposited from. If it was a dump prior that was layed by some other ship time ago, then you are all over the map. If the material is from New Jersey it depends on how far down the coast you go. New Jersey is broken down into four sections with the upper corner of New Jersey (Sussex Co) was layed down around 500 or so million years ago and as we move ourselves from the mountains to the coast, the break down of the Appalacian mountains, which were taller than the Himalayas, moved all that sediment to form the Jersy we now know. If we draw a line from New Brunswick to Trenton, over to Freehold down to Salem, this area was layed down about about 130 or so mya. and the rest of Jersey was the remains of the sediment that was layed down around 11,000 years ago which is our portion down by AC.
The rock that you would see will be a mix of volcanic and sedimentary types of rocks. Seeing marble, basalt, diabase, schist, sandstones, limestone and the like and sands and clay in the lower sections of Jersey.
Understand that the fossils that you are looking at will mostly be ocean life: shells, corals, squid pens, shark teeth, trilobites and the like. Since the area where the Appalacians were at one time the ocean bottom and were thrust up, that material flowed itself into Jersey during the erosion. If you walk areas in Sussex county, you can look down at the ground and see all kinds of sealife trapped in the rock.
I hope that this helps a bit and at least gives you a way to go.
I know that there is some really good idnetification if you search for Jersey Fossils and look for identification of fossils from Big Brook.
You can never have too large of a collection. Problem is I learned very quickly rock collecting is extremely heavy, hence I now collect sand that is much easier. Also, when my students go on vaction all over the world and I ask them to collect for me, its easier for them to carry back than a 10 lb rock.
Good luck.
Joe