a) A small rocks sample made up of shiny brass and shiny coloured minerals. Spots of plain white and grey rock with yellow specks are throughout the rock.
b) A large rock sample with white quartz on one side.
a) A small rocks sample made up of shiny brass and shiny coloured minerals. Spots of plain white and grey rock with yellow specks are throughout the rock.
b) A large rock sample with white quartz on one side.
Cylindrical core sample of a pale pink/green coloured rock.
Geologist Tony L’Orsa inspected this fossil on July 5, 2018. It is a piece of diamond drill core from granitic rock with epidote veins (green mineral).
Cylindrical core sample of a pale pink/green coloured rock.
Geologist Tony L’Orsa inspected this fossil on July 5, 2018. It is a piece of diamond drill core from granitic rock with epidote veins (green mineral).
Small brown rounded stone with dark grey/brown veins.
Local geologist Tony L’Orsa inspected this rock on July 5, 2018. He believes this is not a fossil but rather a stone with iron oxide fracture filling. He notes that he has never seen this type of ‘fracture filling’ in the Driftwood area and it …
Small brown rounded stone with dark grey/brown veins.
Local geologist Tony L’Orsa inspected this rock on July 5, 2018. He believes this is not a fossil but rather a stone with iron oxide fracture filling. He notes that he has never seen this type of ‘fracture filling’ in the Driftwood area and it could be from some other location.
Small orange/brown coloured stone with a hole through the surface. Small white circle with the number 41 has been painted on the underside.
In a July 2018 assessment, geologist Tony L'Orsa tentatively identified the hole in this rock as belemnoid hole.
Small orange/brown coloured stone with a hole through the surface. Small white circle with the number 41 has been painted on the underside.
In a July 2018 assessment, geologist Tony L'Orsa tentatively identified the hole in this rock as belemnoid hole.
Cross-section of a pink/grey coloured rock that has been polished smooth.Tony L'Orsa, local geologist, examined this rock in July 2018 and concluded that it was likely a "spherulitic felsic volcanic rock; probably a rhyolite."
Tony thinks that the item is likely an import and not from the Smithers…
Cross-section of a pink/grey coloured rock that has been polished smooth.Tony L'Orsa, local geologist, examined this rock in July 2018 and concluded that it was likely a "spherulitic felsic volcanic rock; probably a rhyolite."
Tony thinks that the item is likely an import and not from the Smithers area. He notes that these types of rock are popular among collectors.
Narrative
Full quote from Tony (see e-mail in July 2018 to info@bvmuseum): "Rocks of this group are popular with collectors who use many different and misleading names, including orbicular jasper and ocean jasper. As far as I know, this rock type has not been reported from our area and I think it’s an import."
Small white stone with shiny metallic section.In a July 2018 assessment, geologist Tony L'Orsa identified this as galena and sphalerite set in white quartz.
Small white stone with shiny metallic section.In a July 2018 assessment, geologist Tony L'Orsa identified this as galena and sphalerite set in white quartz.
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