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A couple of weeks ago it was a real nice Friday so on the way home I decided to do some rock hunting, so I headed for one of may favorite cuts and on the way there I remembered a small road cut that I have never searched so I decided to stop there and look first.

One of the first rocks I saw was the following. I call it a finger rock. Now it not really like a fingerprint but it is as close as I have found. You can see some bifurcations, and ending ridges. I think I would classify it as a tented arch or an accidental whorl.



Also I believe it is ‘Unique’ or ‘Not Duplicated In It’s Most Minute Detail’. Image that! It may not be permanent once I throw it in the tumbler.

Now watch someone will ‘Morph’ a fingerprint on a real rock! (Photo-Shop Fake)

“I used to be ‘With It’---then they changed what ‘It’ is. Now what I’m with isn’t ‘It’ anymore and what is ’It’ is weird and scary to me……It will happen to you, too.” Grandpa Simpson

I love the image, and wonder if it's sandstone ?


Karen

Karen, actually the dark brown bands are quite hard, about 6.5-7 on the Mohs hardness scale. It is probably a type of Chalcedony or Chert. It might have been sandstone at one time but pressure has compacted the crystal structure.

But back to fingerprints now.

Charles Parker wrote:
But back to fingerprints now.

Just before we do, your post brought back some good memories of my gem and mineral collection days...Thanks!