rare
puddingstone
jasper-quartzite conglomerate
The tell
White quartzite studded with bright RED jasper pebbles and black chert. Unmistakable once seen. Nothing else on the beach looks like it.
Drummond Island is the place. The stone was carried down from Ontario by ice, so it turns up as float well south of there too.
What it gets mistaken for
- gowganda tillite
- quartzite
- red jasper
- conglomerate
The facts
- also calledjasper-quartzite conglomerate
- age~2.3 billion yrs
- where it turns upDrummond Island best ยท east UP & north
- on the chartrare · 250 stickers ever
Put it on the shelf
Every stone on this chart is drawn and kiss-cut at three inches. The rarer the stone, the fewer exist: only 250 puddingstone will ever be printed, then the run is retired.
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