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TL the Geologist
Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2003 6:35 pm
Guest
Has anyone heard of a metamorpic rock called Pulzite? I have found one
refrence to it on an obscure little website, but, I cant find it anywhere
else, A friend of mine claimes to have found a nice area to get it, but I
cant even tell her what it is supposed to look like, so I cant confirm or
despute her claim.

If you know what it is, tell me what its major constituants are, and what
presure/temp region it would be created it, what its original rock was, and
how to tell it from other metamorphic rocks if need be. Thanks.

--
Support bacteria - they're the only culture
some people have." -Stephen Wright
Louis Hissink
Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2003 6:35 pm
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"TL the Geologist" <notgoingto@tellyou.com> wrote in message
news:Ds-dnWQcf6tV30eiRVn-gg@comcast.com...
Quote:
Has anyone heard of a metamorpic rock called Pulzite? I have found one
refrence to it on an obscure little website, but, I cant find it anywhere
else, A friend of mine claimes to have found a nice area to get it, but I
cant even tell her what it is supposed to look like, so I cant confirm or
despute her claim.

If you know what it is, tell me what its major constituants are, and what
presure/temp region it would be created it, what its original rock was,
and
how to tell it from other metamorphic rocks if need be. Thanks.

--
Support bacteria - they're the only culture
some people have." -Stephen Wright


Pulzite ? Britannica has no reference to it so one suspects it is a local

word usuage for some low grade metamorphic in the Himalayas.

LH
Landy
Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2003 6:35 pm
Guest
TL,
I've never heard of Pulzite. Had a look at the site, and the context
doesn't reveal anything either. Could be any type of metamorphic rock that
occurs in that area - probably alocal name. I notice that they also list
"mica" as a rock - so perhaps "pulzite" is in fact a local name for a
mineral?
cheers
Bill


"TL the Geologist" <notgoingto@tellyou.com> wrote in message
news:Ds-dnWQcf6tV30eiRVn-gg@comcast.com...
Quote:
Has anyone heard of a metamorpic rock called Pulzite? I have found one
refrence to it on an obscure little website, but, I cant find it anywhere
else, A friend of mine claimes to have found a nice area to get it, but I
cant even tell her what it is supposed to look like, so I cant confirm or
despute her claim.

If you know what it is, tell me what its major constituants are, and what
presure/temp region it would be created it, what its original rock was,
and
how to tell it from other metamorphic rocks if need be. Thanks.

--
Support bacteria - they're the only culture
some people have." -Stephen Wright

Mr Greenstone
Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2003 8:50 am
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"TL the Geologist" <notgoingto@tellyou.com> wrote in message
news:Ds-dnWQcf6tV30eiRVn-gg@comcast.com...
Quote:
Has anyone heard of a metamorpic rock called Pulzite? I have found one
refrence to it on an obscure little website, but, I cant find it anywhere
else, A friend of mine claimes to have found a nice area to get it, but I
cant even tell her what it is supposed to look like, so I cant confirm or
despute her claim.

If you know what it is, tell me what its major constituants are, and what
presure/temp region it would be created it, what its original rock was,
and
how to tell it from other metamorphic rocks if need be. Thanks.

Nope, never heard of it. I assume the website you refer to is this:

http://www.samachar.com/people/y2k0707-stone.html

How about asking Dr R Srivastava indirectly through the interviewer's e-mail
link on the page?
will e
Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2003 11:49 pm
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"Pulzite" is not in any of the glossaries or other references in my library.
Given the context of the cited website my guess would be that "q/p" switch
on a abbreviation for quartzite may have entered into a specimen label. Will
E.
"TL the Geologist" <notgoingto@tellyou.com> wrote in message
news:Ds-dnWQcf6tV30eiRVn-gg@comcast.com...
Quote:
Has anyone heard of a metamorpic rock called Pulzite? I have found one
refrence to it on an obscure little website, but, I cant find it anywhere
else, A friend of mine claimes to have found a nice area to get it, but I
cant even tell her what it is supposed to look like, so I cant confirm or
despute her claim.

If you know what it is, tell me what its major constituants are, and what
presure/temp region it would be created it, what its original rock was,
and
how to tell it from other metamorphic rocks if need be. Thanks.

--
Support bacteria - they're the only culture
some people have." -Stephen Wright

Louis Hissink
Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2003 3:19 am
Guest
Quartzite is a collector's item ? Crikeys, I know of heaps of this stuff
- is it valuable? Smile Joking

While on the topic of unusual rock names, my nephew's girlfriend, who's
father is a CALM (Conservation and Land Management) officer mentioned
that Australia had the world's only two deposits of, phonetically,
"Essex" or something similar.

Anyone familiar with the jargon? has me beat.

LH

will e wrote:

Quote:
"Pulzite" is not in any of the glossaries or other references in my library.
Given the context of the cited website my guess would be that "q/p" switch
on a abbreviation for quartzite may have entered into a specimen label. Will
E.
"TL the Geologist" <notgoingto@tellyou.com> wrote in message
news:Ds-dnWQcf6tV30eiRVn-gg@comcast.com...

Has anyone heard of a metamorpic rock called Pulzite? I have found one
refrence to it on an obscure little website, but, I cant find it anywhere
else, A friend of mine claimes to have found a nice area to get it, but I
cant even tell her what it is supposed to look like, so I cant confirm or
despute her claim.

If you know what it is, tell me what its major constituants are, and what
presure/temp region it would be created it, what its original rock was,

and

how to tell it from other metamorphic rocks if need be. Thanks.

--
Support bacteria - they're the only culture
some people have." -Stephen Wright




will e
Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2003 5:49 pm
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"Louis Hissink" <ljurrasic@optushome.com.au> wrote in message
news:3fdd6e7e$0$18748$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au...
Quote:

While on the topic of unusual rock names, my nephew's girlfriend, who's
father is a CALM (Conservation and Land Management) officer mentioned
that Australia had the world's only two deposits of, phonetically,
"Essex" or something similar.

Anyone familiar with the jargon? has me beat.

LH
There is a rare silver telluride, Ag_2 Te, called HESSITE that comes from

Western Australia, although it is found in a few other gold/silver districts
around the world. Will E.
Mr Greenstone
Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2003 7:19 pm
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"Louis Hissink" <ljurrasic@optushome.com.au> wrote in message
news:3fdd6e7e$0$18748$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au...
Quote:
Quartzite is a collector's item ? Crikeys, I know of heaps of this stuff
- is it valuable? Smile Joking

While on the topic of unusual rock names, my nephew's girlfriend, who's
father is a CALM (Conservation and Land Management) officer mentioned
that Australia had the world's only two deposits of, phonetically,
"Essex" or something similar.

Anyone familiar with the jargon? has me beat.

There's an igneous rock called Essexite, but I don't think it's confined to
Australia and one other location.

Quote:
will e wrote:

"Pulzite" is not in any of the glossaries or other references in my
library.
Given the context of the cited website my guess would be that "q/p"
switch
on a abbreviation for quartzite may have entered into a specimen label.
Will
E.
"TL the Geologist" <notgoingto@tellyou.com> wrote in message
news:Ds-dnWQcf6tV30eiRVn-gg@comcast.com...

Has anyone heard of a metamorpic rock called Pulzite? I have found one
refrence to it on an obscure little website, but, I cant find it
anywhere
else, A friend of mine claimes to have found a nice area to get it, but
I
cant even tell her what it is supposed to look like, so I cant confirm
or
despute her claim.

If you know what it is, tell me what its major constituants are, and
what
presure/temp region it would be created it, what its original rock was,

and

how to tell it from other metamorphic rocks if need be. Thanks.
will e
Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2003 7:47 pm
Guest
"Mr Greenstone" <peba@removethisbit.totalise.co.uk> wrote in message
news:brlj4n$cv0$1@news6.svr.pol.co.uk...
Quote:

There's an igneous rock called Essexite, but I don't think it's confined
to
Australia and one other location.

There is a pallio-essexite at Prospect Hill near Sydney that R. Mitchell

(Dictionary of Rocks) calls a "border-zone rock associated with a nepheline
bearing diorite (incorrectly, essexite) ". Essexite is found in other
localities.
Will E.
Louis Hissink
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2003 2:08 am
Guest
Crikeys, thanks for that :-)

will e wrote:

Quote:
"Mr Greenstone" <peba@removethisbit.totalise.co.uk> wrote in message
news:brlj4n$cv0$1@news6.svr.pol.co.uk...

There's an igneous rock called Essexite, but I don't think it's confined

to

Australia and one other location.


There is a pallio-essexite at Prospect Hill near Sydney that R. Mitchell
(Dictionary of Rocks) calls a "border-zone rock associated with a nepheline
bearing diorite (incorrectly, essexite) ". Essexite is found in other
localities.
Will E.

Louis Hissink
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2003 2:10 am
Guest
Ahah

Mt Greenstone uses a non compliant news reader and browser I suspect -
my Mozilla and its Firebird can't read his posts.

---
LH

Mr Greenstone wrote:

Quote:
"Louis Hissink" <ljurrasic@optushome.com.au> wrote in message
news:3fdd6e7e$0$18748$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au...

Quartzite is a collector's item ? Crikeys, I know of heaps of this stuff
- is it valuable? Smile Joking

While on the topic of unusual rock names, my nephew's girlfriend, who's
father is a CALM (Conservation and Land Management) officer mentioned
that Australia had the world's only two deposits of, phonetically,
"Essex" or something similar.

Anyone familiar with the jargon? has me beat.


There's an igneous rock called Essexite, but I don't think it's confined to
Australia and one other location.


will e wrote:


"Pulzite" is not in any of the glossaries or other references in my

library.

Given the context of the cited website my guess would be that "q/p"

switch

on a abbreviation for quartzite may have entered into a specimen label.

Will

E.
"TL the Geologist" <notgoingto@tellyou.com> wrote in message
news:Ds-dnWQcf6tV30eiRVn-gg@comcast.com...


Has anyone heard of a metamorpic rock called Pulzite? I have found one
refrence to it on an obscure little website, but, I cant find it

anywhere

else, A friend of mine claimes to have found a nice area to get it, but

I

cant even tell her what it is supposed to look like, so I cant confirm

or

despute her claim.

If you know what it is, tell me what its major constituants are, and

what

presure/temp region it would be created it, what its original rock was,

and


how to tell it from other metamorphic rocks if need be. Thanks.


Louis Hissink
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2003 2:21 am
Guest
Answering my own question, Essexite is described by Carmichael, Turner
and Verhoogen, P. 38, Igneous Petrology, as another term for Theralite,
olivine gabbros containing Opx, nepheline, brown hornblende and minor
biotite, all presumably under thin section. (Why I never looked at this
in my library can be guessed at - maybe too many bananas affecting my
thinking).

These are rare deposits?

Louis Hissink wrote:

Quote:
Quartzite is a collector's item ? Crikeys, I know of heaps of this stuff
- is it valuable? Smile Joking

While on the topic of unusual rock names, my nephew's girlfriend, who's
father is a CALM (Conservation and Land Management) officer mentioned
that Australia had the world's only two deposits of, phonetically,
"Essex" or something similar.

Anyone familiar with the jargon? has me beat.

LH

will e wrote:

"Pulzite" is not in any of the glossaries or other references in my
library.
Given the context of the cited website my guess would be that "q/p"
switch
on a abbreviation for quartzite may have entered into a specimen
label. Will
E.
"TL the Geologist" <notgoingto@tellyou.com> wrote in message
news:Ds-dnWQcf6tV30eiRVn-gg@comcast.com...

Has anyone heard of a metamorpic rock called Pulzite? I have found one
refrence to it on an obscure little website, but, I cant find it
anywhere
else, A friend of mine claimes to have found a nice area to get it,
but I
cant even tell her what it is supposed to look like, so I cant
confirm or
despute her claim.

If you know what it is, tell me what its major constituants are, and
what
presure/temp region it would be created it, what its original rock was,


and

how to tell it from other metamorphic rocks if need be. Thanks.

--
Support bacteria - they're the only culture
some people have." -Stephen Wright




Jo Schaper
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2003 5:24 pm
Guest
The usual protocol is to post the pic to a website and post the URL. A
number of people here will temporarily lend webspace if you ask nicely.
Jo

TL the Geologist wrote:
Quote:
Would it be ok if I attached a picture of the rock?


"TL the Geologist" <notgoingto@tellyou.com> wrote in message
news:Ds-dnWQcf6tV30eiRVn-gg@comcast.com...

Has anyone heard of a metamorpic rock called Pulzite? I have found one
refrence to it on an obscure little website, but, I cant find it anywhere
else, A friend of mine claimes to have found a nice area to get it, but I
cant even tell her what it is supposed to look like, so I cant confirm or
despute her claim.

If you know what it is, tell me what its major constituants are, and what
presure/temp region it would be created it, what its original rock was,

and

how to tell it from other metamorphic rocks if need be. Thanks.

--
Support bacteria - they're the only culture
some people have." -Stephen Wright







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TL the Geologist
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2003 5:26 pm
Guest
Would it be ok if I attached a picture of the rock?


"TL the Geologist" <notgoingto@tellyou.com> wrote in message
news:Ds-dnWQcf6tV30eiRVn-gg@comcast.com...
Quote:
Has anyone heard of a metamorpic rock called Pulzite? I have found one
refrence to it on an obscure little website, but, I cant find it anywhere
else, A friend of mine claimes to have found a nice area to get it, but I
cant even tell her what it is supposed to look like, so I cant confirm or
despute her claim.

If you know what it is, tell me what its major constituants are, and what
presure/temp region it would be created it, what its original rock was,
and
how to tell it from other metamorphic rocks if need be. Thanks.

--
Support bacteria - they're the only culture
some people have." -Stephen Wright

Mr Greenstone
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2003 5:42 pm
Guest
It's mister to you. I'm not a mount, not even a knoll or a hillock :-)

I use Internet Explorer 6 and Outlook Express 6, so shouldn't be a problem
with my posts.

Keep going on the Essexite thread. It's a rock that certainly needs a bit of
healthy discussion.


"Louis Hissink" <ljurrasic@optushome.com.au> wrote in message
news:3fdeafcb$0$18388$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au...
Quote:
Ahah

Mt Greenstone uses a non compliant news reader and browser I suspect -
my Mozilla and its Firebird can't read his posts.

---
LH

Mr Greenstone wrote:

"Louis Hissink" <ljurrasic@optushome.com.au> wrote in message
news:3fdd6e7e$0$18748$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au...

Quartzite is a collector's item ? Crikeys, I know of heaps of this stuff
- is it valuable? Smile Joking

While on the topic of unusual rock names, my nephew's girlfriend, who's
father is a CALM (Conservation and Land Management) officer mentioned
that Australia had the world's only two deposits of, phonetically,
"Essex" or something similar.

Anyone familiar with the jargon? has me beat.


There's an igneous rock called Essexite, but I don't think it's confined
to
Australia and one other location.


will e wrote:


"Pulzite" is not in any of the glossaries or other references in my

library.

Given the context of the cited website my guess would be that "q/p"

switch

on a abbreviation for quartzite may have entered into a specimen label.

Will

E.
"TL the Geologist" <notgoingto@tellyou.com> wrote in message
news:Ds-dnWQcf6tV30eiRVn-gg@comcast.com...


Has anyone heard of a metamorpic rock called Pulzite? I have found
one
refrence to it on an obscure little website, but, I cant find it

anywhere

else, A friend of mine claimes to have found a nice area to get it,
but

I

cant even tell her what it is supposed to look like, so I cant confirm

or

despute her claim.

If you know what it is, tell me what its major constituants are, and

what

presure/temp region it would be created it, what its original rock
was,

and


how to tell it from other metamorphic rocks if need be. Thanks.
 
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