To claim this earth cache, please send me the answers to following questions within 7 days via message or email through the Geocaching App or Geocaching Website. Failure to do so will result in the deletion of your online log.
Quartz conglomerates are unofficially called Puddingstones. They can be found in all over the world and throughout Michigan in flowing streams, rivers and along lake shore lines.
Puddingstones started their formations at least 2.3 billion years ago. Pebbles and stones such as red and brown jasper, hematite, chert, and quartz were tossed about in the currents of rapidly-flowing streams. As the current slowed the heavier stones stuck in the sandy sediment. The streams and rivers would eventually dry up leaving the sandy sediment to be harden by the heat and cold glueing the sand and rocks together. As time passed, pressure and heat would turn the pebbles and sand to quartzite.
When the ice age came the quartzite formations would be frozen into the glaciers.The quartzite formations were left on the ground as the glacier receded and started to melt.
There are different types of Pudding stones with the Michigan Puddinstone being the most popular.
- Hertfordshire Puddingstone: These are mainly located in Hertfordshire, England.
- Bearfort Mountain Puddingstone: Found in northern New Jersey and boasts bright purple stones.
- Roxbury Puddingstone: Found in and around Boston, Massachusetts, and is one of the reasons this stone is the official state stone.
- Plumstead Commons Puddingstone: From London, England, these have been around since the Ice Age and are the source of many local legends.
- St. Joseph Island Puddingstone: Can be found in the Ontario, Canada area. These stones contain pieces of brown and red jasper, which is a type of quartz.
To claim this earth cache, please send me the answers to following questions within 7 days via message or email through the Geocaching App or Geocaching Website. Failure to do so will result in the deletion of your online log.
1. Can you see any brown and red jasper quartz?
2. Based on the previous answer what type of Puddingstone do you think this is?
3. Describe the texture of the Puddingstone. Is it grainy or smooth or does it depends on what section you touch.
4. Please post a picture of yourself or something with you, such keys or thumb, with the Puddingstone and post with your log.
*Informartion from https://www.rockseeker.com/puddingstones/