[meteorite-list] Shivalingams impactites?

From: Leigh Anne DelRay <leighannedelray_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2009 17:58:33 -0700
Message-ID: <5e97e2850909261758r10eb58a3g13dc5e6c6c2ac710_at_mail.gmail.com>

"Villagers gather this unique Crypto-crystalline quartz (a form of
jasper with impurities) from shallow river beds. A natural formation,
geologists theorize that the iron oxide embedded in the stone was
impregnated in the river bed millions of years ago by a meteorite. "

So this website says, that is all I know. Could easily be crap though.


http://www.souljourney.com/shivalinghams.htm

-LA



On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 5:53 PM, Jason Utas <meteoritekid at gmail.com> wrote:
> True. ?Quartz is a mineral, and can be deposited in any number of ways.
> In this case, based on gross physical appearance, I'd say the shiva
> lingams are likely made of a type of jasper, but I'm not qualified to
> tell. ?Given the fact that they're definitely more coarse-grained than
> other varieties like chalcedony and agate, I'm not even sure
> 'cryptocrystalline is the correct way to describe them - perhaps
> someone else who has a background in geology/mineralogy and is
> familiar with shiva lingams can comment here.
> The layering that can be seen in them is reminiscent of banded
> claystones; that's why I said sedimentary, but I could well be wrong.
> Jason
>
> On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 5:29 PM, Jerry Flaherty <grf2 at comcast.net> wrote:
>> Quartz ain't sedimentary
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> From: "Leigh Anne DelRay" <leighannedelray at gmail.com>
>> Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 6:45 PM
>> To: "Jason Utas" <meteoritekid at gmail.com>;
>> <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Shivalingams impactites?
>>
>>> Crypto-crystalline quartz (I think)
>>>
>>> On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 11:32 AM, Jason Utas <meteoritekid at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hello Mel,
>>>> Shiva Lingams are ordinary stones that have been polished by people
>>>> into their respective shapes to create the religiously symbolic stones
>>>> that people so seem to like. They are generally made of ordinary
>>>> rocks with nothing really special about them - unless you believe in
>>>> their religious/spiritual nature. I suppose you could have one made
>>>> out of impactite, or even a meteorite, but I have *never* seen one
>>>> made of said materials. They're typically made of that odd
>>>> dichromatic sedimentary stone (at least I'm fairly sure it's
>>>> sedimentary given the texture), but I'm not exactly sure as to what it
>>>> is.
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Jason
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 4:24 AM, Melanie Matthews
>>>> <spacewoman2775 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Good morning list.
>>>>>
>>>>> I was told once by the store owner of a local rock shop that
>>>>> shivalingams are the result of meteor impacts in India... think I recall her
>>>>> claim was backed by info from a rock/mineral book that she uses for
>>>>> reference. Is this true? I haven't found anything on google that mentions
>>>>> anything on that..
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards
>>>>> - Mel
>>>>>
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