Possible kimberlite pipe in va

[Nikki24401]

So I am usually into more of the metal detecting thing, but I recently stumbled across a very interesting find. I got out of the car and on the ground where are these little green Jim scattered all over the place. As I started to pick them up the more I found. There were also a little brown germs along with red ones in blue. I took them home and started to do some research, and realized that some of these certain ones usually are only down togetherwhen there is a rock that has come up out of the ground called Kimberly. I have positively identified the red gems as G 10 Pyrope. Where I live is at the base of a mountain 50 yards from a river and a flood plane and I live about 25 miles from the youngest in active all volCano in the world. There is also a major fault line about 3 miles from my home and in the past couple years there has been some seismic activity. So here is my question to all of the rock hounds out there, do you think it is possible that a kimberlite pipe could come up here in Virginia? I'm posting pictures

 

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[The_Piratess]

So I am usually into more of the metal detecting thing, but I recently stumbled across a very interesting find. I got out of the car and on the ground where are these little green Jim scattered all over the place. As I started to pick them up the more I found. There were also a little brown germs along with red ones in blue. I took them home and started to do some research, and realized that some of these certain ones usually are only down togetherwhen there is a rock that has come up out of the ground called Kimberly. I have positively identified the red gems as G 10 Pyrope. Where I live is at the base of a mountain 50 yards from a river and a flood plane and I live about 25 miles from the youngest in active all volCano in the world. There is also a major fault line about 3 miles from my home and in the past couple years there has been some seismic activity. So here is my question to all of the rock hounds out there, do you think it is possible that a kimberlite View attachment 1457770View attachment 1457771View attachment 1457772View attachment 1457773View attachment 1457774View attachment 1457775View attachment 1457776 pipe could come up here in Virginia? I'm posting pictures

Absolutely as I sent you the link with the details and the geological survey here a while back - Volcanoes in Virginia along with the information on the earthquake that occurred near you in January of 2016. There has also been some interesting, lesser seismic activity.

 

[Eu_citzen]

Not to be a party pooper, but that looks like cement or something similar to me. Test with an acid; vinegar will do.
If cement it will bubble and fizzle. Since you got an ID on the garnet, I'd see if you can ID the place they got the gravel from.

The green thing in pic #5 is dunite.

 

[The_Piratess]

That area is known for kimberlite and it is more bluish in color like some of your photos show and especially the first one. Then again we're only dealing with photos and the bluish color can vary depending on the light and angles that you had taken those photos in. It's very hard to even believe ALL those indicators being that much in abundance with only one kimberlite pipe having been mapped in that area. Seriously I've been in areas in Colorado that have 40+ kimberlite pipes and they're not that "stacked". Those pictures look like actual photos taken from books tbh Lol! I call BS.

 

[The_Piratess]

I had some really awesome finds after the heavy rains.View attachment 1448560View attachment 1448560View attachment 1448561View attachment 1448563View attachment 1448564View attachment 1448566View attachment 1448566i have some other stuff but I'm trying to get the drawing and text off of it

It must have taken you quite some time then to "get the drawing and text off of it" as you previously posted on your other post here http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/virginia/537978-page-county-treasures-2.html#post5394735

Why did you have to get the drawing and text off of rocks that you supposedly found? Better yet, just how does one find rocks with text on them? Those must really be some pretty rare rocks then! How much do you think those kind are worth?
Btw how come it took you so long "to get the drawing and text off of it"? I take it that you're not so adept at using Photoshop then eh?

 

[The_Piratess]

The photos in the quote above every time that it is posted posts with the photos displayed in it as the attachment command codes are right and correct in sequence. However as you can see immediately after it posts somehow the attachment codes get scrambled out of sequence. The Attachment command that should be at the end of the last picture gets separated and is put to the beginning which causes all of the pictures not to post. Please click on the link provided to see them. Thanks!

 

[wilfndgold1]

Looks like glass.

 

[Nikki24401]

Actually the whole reason i started metal detecting was because I found out my house stood right where this old huge mansion stood. The first stone I found while doing this actually ended up being topaz. There was a huge flood in 1870 that wiped the whole town out pretty much so one morning after I dropped my daughter off I pulled in the little gravel lot right near my house. I took the md down by the river and as I was getting in the car I dropped some change that was in my door and when i was picking it up I noticed the stones. But for anyone who thinks I'm lying I'll take more pics tomorrow and I'll place a coin or dollar in pic so everyone can be sure

 

[bluveinthrobber]

Are you familiar with the bolar mountain area?

 

[DDancer]

How far out from the road way are you finding the cement and the garnets/green gems? Take a rake and look well away from the spot is my suggestion and see if the trend continues. I'm suspicious of road way gravels as they can come from anywhere. The garnet is a nice find however. The green material should be identifiable as well.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

The photos in the quote above every time that it is posted posts with the photos displayed in it as the attachment command codes are right and correct in sequence. However as you can see immediately after it posts somehow the attachment codes get scrambled out of sequence. The Attachment command that should be at the end of the last picture gets separated and is put to the beginning which causes all of the pictures not to post. Please click on the link provided to see them. Thanks!

Pictures are displayed on my end.

 

[Jim in Idaho]

I'm curious how you identified the G10 pyrope? It would help, also, to put a size reference in your pics....maybe a dime or quarter.
Jim

 

[Traceejean]

I believe some people are just meant to find treasures , just lucky that way
I’m new to all this and maybe somebody can tell me why you all are tryn to say this person posts are B.S.?
I don’t get it ..

 

[Eu_citzen]

I believe some people are just meant to find treasures , just lucky that way
I’m new to all this and maybe somebody can tell me why you all are tryn to say this person posts are B.S.?
I don’t get it ..

If you zoom in on one of the pics with the "potential kimberlite" it looks like sand embedded in the white "binder", which would be untypical of kimberlite.

 

[IAMZIM]

I have visited kimberlite sites here in Montana and Wyoming, as well as examined kimberlites from the Mineral Museum here in Butte. Those look nothing like the kimberlites I have examined. It very much does look like concrete, or it could be natural conglomerate. The red stones have the right look for garnet, the green, looks like glass to me but it is possible that they could be garnet as well, in Wyoming there is green garnet they call "cape emeralds" (not emeralds at all but garnet). But like I say, especially with the cracks in the green stones they look very much like broken bottle glass that may have been stream tumbled at one time. Pic #5 has stones that might be kimberlites, but even the greenish stone to me looks like massive epidote. This is just my opinion, so take it as you will!

 

[DDancer]

I concur with EU and IAMZIM on the kimberlite but I hold to at least the garnet shown, the red bits in the 4th picture. As to the rest I was hesitant to try and identify it, and still am, hence my raking suggestion. What samples of kimberlite I've seen and held dont match up with what looks like quarry materials in the picture.
Not busting the authors post, just asking for the author to take a harder look.