ROCK BOX INDEX FILE By Alan Silverstein Last updated: April 14, 2025 (241112: Processed old + new "heavy metal" = 312 done + ~50 lb just finished = 362 lb, then gave away much but still had ~217 lb in 9 boxes! Only parted with ~145 lb?) === PURPOSE OF INDEX === SEARCH ONLINE to see all possible locations for a given type of rock or other specimen in my (surprisingly huge) lifetime collection. DIRECTLY SEARCH this file in a browser, under the RBI link. (Gave up on Google Drive/Docs, broken 230105, repeatedly says I must upload to view it, but never succeeds. Deleted off PC + phone/Drive.) 050501 paper note said ~93 boxes (unnumbered) at my old house. 230401 now have ~222 numbered flats (in flux, sorting and high-grading). === ABBREVIATIONS USED === - 1UM = shelf 1, Upper, Middle: + first Vertical: Top, Upper, Middle, Lower + then Horizontal: Left, Middle, Right (across one shelf) + listed top-down in each stack (for whatever it's worth) + some shelves have no middles (one or both ways) or two middles SHELF NUMBERS: Only those are marked on the shelves themselves. - O = open box, no lid, just cardboard sheet covering - P = specifically, Behr open paint can box with handles - B = bigger box, taller than average - S = smaller box, shorter than average - D = Dell box, longer than average, with attached lid - X = odd shaped box - T = tumbled rocks - k = keepers (old "Tk", doesn't mean much now) - q = quarter full (not always noted though) - h = half full (not always noted though) - BOX NUMBERS: Three-digit identifiers at upper rights are arbitrary, sequential starting at 001; just to make unique ID easier when rearranging boxes. No numbers except on cardboard boxes with room to write them. Assigned starting 230209 in the shelf order at that time. - STATE NAMES: Abbreviate here, even if spelled out on the box. - DESCRIPTIONS: Some here are longer than what's written on the box! - SHELVES 1-4: low metal shelfs with display steps on top - SHELVES 5-6: tall homemade wooden shelves - SHELVES 7-8 + A-B: various shelves further west - MISC = miscellaneous - BIF = banded iron fm, mostly from along the North Platte River, WY; always includes "BIF" here, even if "banded" is missing. All BIF boxes should have extra cardboard reinforced bottoms! === GOAL === Nearly all rocks/etc in the basement are: a. in process in the tumbling shop, or b. loose on display, usually with a label glued on the bottom, or c. stored in a box labeled on one end. IDEALLY: - TWO-PART CLOSED BOXES preferred. But since tops and bottoms that mate are hard to get, and sometimes not tall enough, it's also okay to simply separate/cover open (pop/beer flat) boxes with a sheet of cardboard, or to use longer/thinner boxes with folding tops. - CONTENTS are briefly written on one end with black marker on white spray paint or on a box that is already white. Some exceptions for unique odd-shaped boxes. - ORGANIZE THEM better over long term: After all saved rocks are well labeled and indexed, then rearrange, high-grade and repack similar materials, reshelf more logically, and maintain this index. === INDEX === = SOUTH LEFT AISLE, LEFT SIDE = ------- 1UL 176 T BIF = banded iron fm, orange, mag+not, N Platte River, WY 1UL 120 OT BIF = banded iron fm, orange, WY 1UL 121 T BIF = banded iron fm, orange, WY 1UM 037 Oq odd rocks: shapes, patterns 1UM 224 T BIF = banded iron fm, purple incl slab bits + orange brecciated from 177-lb boulder, N Platte River, WY 1UM 177 T BIF = banded iron fm, purple, N Platte River, WY 1UR 119 BT BIF = banded iron fm, purple, mag/not, N Platte River, WY 1UR 186 Ph BIF = banded iron fm, large purple, N Platte R, WY ------- 1ML 103 T BIF = banded iron fm, reddish, mag+not, N Platte River, WY 1ML 102 T BIF = banded iron fm, color mix, magnetic, N Platte River, WY 1ML 201 BT BIF = banded iron fm, brecciated, mag+not, N Platte River, WY 1MM 110 B BIF = banded iron fm, various N Platte River, WY 1MM 122 . BIF, raw yellow/orange, weathered Sage Creek Rd / Pathfinder Res, WY 1MM 123 B BIF = banded iron fm, red/purple, raw, Sage Creek Rd and/or Pathfinder Res, WY 1MR 043 . hematized sandstone, UT, CO, including Llewellyn Gulch twin blobs 1MR 098 P BIF = banded iron fm, large orange, N Platte R, WY ------- 1LL 187 P BIF = banded iron fm, big chunks, Atlantic City, South Pass area, WY 1LL 185 P BIF = banded iron fm, large orange, N Platte R, WY 1LM 104 B scrap metal, "heavy metal": tools; ~18 lb 1LM 111 O "heavy metal": RR nuts, washers, cutoffs; ~22 lb 1LM 033 O BIF = banded iron fm, Whalen Cyn + red BIF + Boyson Res, WY + Lake Ogallala, NE 1LR 080 O "heavy metal": RR end slices; ~31 lb 1LR 129 O "heavy metal": mostly RR, mostly flat; ~22 lb ------- 2UL 026 . carnelian (after barite) in mudstone, + nearby agate, Yellowcat flat, UT 2UL 027 O misc hand-polished rocks 2UL 028 O green balls, Shirley Basin, WY; junction of Holiday and Marshall Roads 2UM 029 OT banded quartzite 2UM 030 . agate/jasper, Shirley Basin, WY 2UM 031 . rhodochrosite and pyrite, Sweet Home Mine, Alma, CO 2UR 032 Oh titaniferous magnetite, east of Iron Mountain, WY 2UR 040 D druzy on limestone, Glendo area, WY ------- 2ML 038 h "popcorn rock", Chinle fm concretions, Good Hope Bay, Lake Powell, UT (jammed in bit tight) 2ML 083 P "heavy metal": spikes + bolts; ~25 lb 2MM 034 Tk quartz, Rainbow Lode, Redfeather Lakes, CO + Front Range smoky, etc 2MM 035 Tk agate, chalcedony, moss agate, Shirley Basin, WY 2MM 036 B pyrite, Sweet Home Mine, Alma, CO 2MR 206 D BIF = banded iron fm, medium orange, N Platte R, WY 2MR 223 DT BIF = banded iron fm, special/oddball, N Platte River, WY 2MR 041 Dh BIF = banded iron fm, Atlantic City + Moore Road + Barlow Gap (incl gneiss + fuchsite), WY ------- 2LL 042 . "heavy metal": plumbing, bearings, wheels, chain; ~13 lb 2LL 093 . "heavy metal": RR thermite slag + risers, misc sprockets, chunks; ~33 lb 2LM 052 OX moss agate display, Pawnee National Grassland, CO 2LR 045 O artifacts, UT, CO 2LR . X vintage wooden Pepsi Cola pop box (from Lakewood barn) ------- = SOUTH LEFT AISLE, RIGHT SIDE = ------- 3UL . . (parts cup, flypaper, etc) 3UM 046 . mud cracks, SE area, Glendo Reservoir, WY 3UM 047 . pockets, etc, Grays Quarry + Glendo Reservoir, WY 3UM 048 . quartz, calcite, misc, Grays Quarry + Glendo Reservoir, WY 3UR 049 O limestone, CA deserts; orange selenite? near Petrified Forest, AZ 3UR 050 h druzy, Grays Quarry, Glendo, WY 3UR 051 . druzy, Grays Quarry, Glendo, WY ------- 3ML 044 Tk banded/etc jasper, Shirley Basin, WY + etc 3ML . X vintage wooden 7UP pop box (from Lakewood barn) 3MM . . (2 plastic boxes) spare subpeak + other peak rocks 3MR . . (2 plastic boxes = 14ers) spare Top of CO rocks 3MR . . (wooden box in plastic) Top of CO spare collection ------- 3LL . . vintage wooden RC Cola pop box (from Lakewood barn) 3LM 054 . banded agates including Fairburn (out for display 250414), SD + misc bands, obsidian, ammonite 3LM 055 . bone/phosphate, Bone Valley, FL + Apollo Beach, maybe Venice Beach 3LM 056 . dinosaur bone, west of Green River, UT; ~1.5 mi south of I-70 on Hanksville road, east side (BLM) 3LR 076 B mica + quartz (probably from N Fork Big Thompson ~5 mi US Drake), CO 3LR 063 . agate, Shirley Basin, WY 3LR 059 . K/T boundary clay, I-25 exit 8, Starkville, CO ------- 4UL 057 Th random semitransparent agate 4UL 065 Th agate, Twin Mtns, CO 4UL 066 T misc opaque agate/jasper 4UL 067 T milky agate, WY, CO 4UM 058 T misc agate batches, including northwest NE 4UM 068 h (T + raw) agate in basalt, Houselog Creek NW of Saguache, CO 4UM 069 B Keokuk, IA, geodes: misc windows, halves 4UM 070 . Keokuk, IA, geodes: large, tumbled + split 4UM 071 . Keokuk, IA, geodes: tumbled + cut, + pyrites 4UR 062 T misc agate/jasper Grays Quarry, Glendo, WY 4UR 079 P "heavy metal": RR grinder stalactites, raw + tumbled; ~21 lb 4UR 089 P "heavy metal": RR anchors, clips, springs, etc; ~32 lb ------- (4ML/4MM/4MR do not exist) 4LL . X loose Klondike Bluff fossil knot + photo of Megan 4LL 072 T chalcedony, blue/gray/white + Wolf Creek Pass, CO 4LL 073 B marine fossils, SE Glendo Reservoir, WY 4LL 074 O (T + raw) epidote/ite 4LL 075 T epidote, Pawnee NG, CO + "little bubble" agate 4LM 060 O sand/etc in jars, including HI, FL, CO, CA 4LM 061 O sandstone, including Lake Powell ring rocks, UT 4LM 077 OB real wood 4LM 078 . glass insulators + parts, UT + KS 4LR 097 P BIF = banded iron fm, large orange, N Platte R, WY 4LR 170 Ph BIF = banded iron fm, large red, N Platte R, WY 4LR 099 P BIF, raw Junk Creek outcrops, Kortes fault, Seminoe Mountains, WY ------- = NORTH WOODEN SHELVES = ------- 5UL 081 OX "steel wire art", Shirley Basin + Grays Quarry, Glendo, WY 5UL 082 P fuchsite quartzite, Snowy Range mine, WY (41.36695 -106.28104) 5UL . P battered old railway? lantern from Balsam barn + other metal parts 5UM 084 P Grays Quarry, Glendo, WY 5UM 085 P Grays Quarry, Glendo, WY 5UM 086 P Grays Quarry, Glendo, WY 5UR 087 P septarians, SE shore, Angostura Reservoir, SD 5UR 088 P ripple + similar sandstone, Glendo Reservoir, WY ------- 5ML 092 OS Medicine Bow Peak, WY, telephone line metal parts 5ML 090 P amazonite, misc 5ML 091 P mud crack septarians, SE Glendo Reservoir, WY 5MM 094 OX (sample box) banded jasper, Shirley Basin, WY (front) 5MM . . (loose) cool BIF pebbles / 5MM 095 OX (sample box) kimberlites, Boulder, CO 5MM 096 OX (check box) Subaru timing gears 5MM . OX (loose) barnifact glass/metal lamp + cyclotron lead brick + cool BIF pebbles 5MR 100 O old metal frying pan 5MR 116 . fluorite + calcite + barite, misc locations 5MR 117 . Tampa area coral agate, Honeymoon Island + misc, FL 5MR 014 OB (unpainted) hand-polished wood, Blue Forest, WY + Moab, UT 5MR 004 P Parker petrified wood, CO ------- 5LL . OB for Pete Modreski 5LL 101 O chalcedony / green balls, WY, NE 5LL 112 B cool sandstone including hematized, ring rocks, ripples, UT, CO 5LL 114 . metallic pegmatites in quartz, WY, CO 5LM 134 O tumbled glass sorted by color 5LM 105 . stromatolite algae agate, Delaney Rim, WY 5LM 106 . druzy limestone, N Glendo Res / Grays Quarry, WY 5LM 107 . fine druzy limestone + chalcedony, Grays Quarry, N of Glendo, WY 5LM 108 T (+ raw), turitella agate, Delaney Rim, WY / 5LM 130 . petrified bone, UT, FL 5LM 113 B anorthosite, syenite, labradorite, Sybille Canyon, WY 5LM 131 . chalcedony, banded jasper, Shirley Basin, WY 5LM 132 . jasper, chalcedony, incl shells, Shirley Basin, WY 5LR 126 T misc special, Keokuk IA; moss agate, CO, WY; Mexican fire agate 5LR 127 T misc special, Chugwater WY moss agate; MO lace; CO rhodonite; Dorris amazonite, CO; Pawnee NG, CO "taffy"; etc 5LR 128 T misc special, marbles, hematite, popcorn, Apache tears, tiger eye, etc 5LR 124 T agate, jasper, red/orange, N+S of Hanksville, UT, incl Gilson Buttes 5LR 125 BT large misc ------- 6UL 005 B Parker petrified wood, CO 6UL 006 Tk Denver petrified wood, Parker / South Platte, CO 6UL 003 B Parker petrified wood (large), Dove Valley area, SE Denver, CO 6UL 001 BT Parker petrified wood, SE Denver, CO 6UL 002 BT Parker petrified wood, SE Denver, CO 6UM 010 BTk quartz, Rainbow Lode, Red Feather Lakes, CO + misc 6UM 013 . druzy quartz, Redcloud/Sunshine, San Juan Mtns, CO 6UM 012 q barite, calcite, New Raymer + Owl Canyon, CO 6UM 016 Tk chalcedony, Moab, UT + yellow from Fairburn, SD 6UM 007 BT Parker petrified wood, SE Denver, CO / 6UM 015 Tk chalcedony, northwest NE + Houselog Creek, CO 6UM 109 . druzy limestone, N Glendo Res + Grays Quarry ~4 mi N, WY 6UM 008 h petrified fish, private quarry, Kemmerer, WY 6UM 009 . petrified fish, private quarry, Kemmerer, WY 6UR 133 B fuchsite, kyanite, Browns Peak SE side mine + above, Snowy Range, WY 6UR 118 B quartz, amethyst, mostly Rainbow Lode, CO 6UR 135 T (unlabeled, more Yellowstone River rocks to merge) 6UR 136 T petrified wood + agate + misc, Yellowstone River, MT (220914-15) 6UR 137 B petrified wood + agate + misc, Yellowstone River, MT (200819) ------- 6LL 138 O Blue Forest / Eden Valley, WY, petrified wood 6LL 139 . Blue Forest / Eden Valley, WY, petrified wood 6LL 140 B petrified wood, etc (egg crates), Blue Forest / Eden Valley, WY 6LL 141 B petrified wood, large, Eden Valley, WY 6LM 142 B petrified wood, large, UT/WY/CO; Parker, section 11, Klondike tinklers 6LM 143 T Blue Forest / Eden Valley, WY, tumbled petrified wood sans much agate 6LM 144 BT Blue Forest / Eden Valley, WY, tumbled petrified wood with much agate 6LM 145 B Blue Forest petrified wood, WY, Eden Valley / 6LM 146 . misc petrified wood, many loc: Dry Crk clinker WY, Clover Crk, Green Mtn CO, Egypt, Glendo Res WY, Fairburn SD, San Juan CO 6LM 147 . "Wood Hill" fossil (petrified) wood, near Boot Heel, Shirley Basin, WY 6LM 148 . gemmy wood, ~4 mi N of Saratoga, WY, E on CR 230 6LM 149 T+ AZ petrified wood + Burr Trail, UT 6LR 011 OS glass jar samples 6LR 150 BT+ misc petrified wood: Yellowcat opal T+raw, Klondike Bluffs, Opal Hill CO, L Powell area x3 UT 6LR 151 BT+ misc petrified wood, smaller 6LR 152 BT+ misc petrified wood, larger ------- = SOUTH RIGHT AISLE, LEFT SIDE = ------- 7T- . . various bottled sand, rocks, etc ------- 7UL 019 O shells: cut 7UL 018 O shells: spiral 7UL 162 O FL shells: oyster, Venus sunray, limpet, white cockles, catspaw, slippers, misc 7UL 163 . shells: baby conch, FL 7UL 164 B shells: MO river mussels + FL scallops + misc 7UR . . (sideways) book, sample bag 7UR 161 O (sideways) cockle shells, FL 7UR 017 O (sideways) shells: special 7UR 154 O (sideways) FL shells: pen, flat fragments, rough cockles(?) 7UR 155 O (sideways) shells, misc: turban, orange blobs, thin, etc 7UR 156 O (sideways) shells, spiral: olive, small, broken, misc ------- 7ML . . shell ID sheet 7MR 020 O (sideways) shells: best/bought 7MR 023 O (sideways) shells: bivalve, etc 7ML 025 O shells: bivalve, etc 7ML 024 O shells: bivalve, etc 7MR 053 X (sideways) coral, 3 small boxes: A, 2 large bought; B+C, Miami Beach 1973, 3 big chunks + misc 7MR 115 B (sideways) sand + coral, HI 7MR 021 O (sideways) coral 7MR 022 O (sideways) coral, etc ------- 7LL 157 P various sponges, Honeymoon Island, etc, FL 7LL 158 P various sponges, Honeymoon Island, etc, FL 7LL 159 X egg cartons: Denver foothills, CO; Fuji cinders, Japan; ilmenite, San Gabriels, CA; tufa, CA 7LR 153 OX (sideways) large shells, etc: biscuit, urchins, sand dollar, Cayman coral ------- = SOUTH RIGHT AISLE, REAR = ------- 8T- . . 34 pound wind-polished magnetite, Shanton Mine, Farthing Ranch, WY 8T- . . metal parts + sand painting + Hurricane Florence samples + Blue Forest chalcedony display, WY + North Atlantic cruise rock samples + various containers ------- 8UL 165 P blue glass, Gilson, UT 8UL 166 P blue glass, Gilson, UT 8UL 167 P druzy/agate, limestone, Grays Quarry / Glendo Res, WY 8UR 039 XT plastic tray, precambrian Uncompahgre fm conglomerate, San Juan River, UT, downstream of Mexican Hat 8UR 169 P anorthosite, ilmenite, WY; quartz crystals, Copper Mtn, CO; Pyramid Peak green sediment, CO; snowflake obsidian, UT; + 3 misc 8UR 168 P epidote cobble, Green Mtn Res, CO; post-flood asphalt, Big Thomson Cyn, CO; septarians, Glendo Res, WY; sandstone cobble ------- 8ML 172 P agatized coral, Honeymoon Island, FL 8ML 171 P druzy limestone, north Glendo Res + Grays Quarry, WY 8ML 173 P magnetite, Farthing/Shanton, WY + Kenosha Pass, CO 8MR 160 X druzy limestone, Grays Quarry, WY 8MR 174 B dolomite, phyllite, gabbro, fuchsite, quartz veins; Snowy Range stromatolite tour, WY 8MR 175 B selenite, Lake Francis Case, Missouri River, SD ------- 8LL 178 P marble/alabaster, Alcova Res, WY; jasperized concretion, Glendo Res, WY; marble, Sybille Cyn, Laramie Range, WY 8LL 179 P limestone, jasper, quartz boulder, ~15 mi north of Hartville, WY 8LR 064 Oq desert varnish + erosion, misc locations 8LR 181 O metal/jasper geodes, Shirley Basin, WY; tumbled Missouri lace, Potosi, south of St Louis, MO 8LR 183 O chalcedony in basalt, Wolf Creek Pass, CO; zeolites in shoshonite, N Table Mtn, CO 8LR 184 O moss agate, Windmill Road, Chugwater, WY; belemnites, etc, Glendo Res, WY ------- = SOUTH RIGHT AISLE, RIGHT SIDE = (no #9, skipped to A/B) ------- AT- . . storage, empty boxes ------- AUL 188 D jasper/agate, Shirley Basin, WY + misc? AUL 189 D turquoise? near Starr Pass, W side Tucson, AZ, Feb 2005 AUL 190 D possible artifacts -- misc AUL 191 D druzy + agate, limestone, Grays Quarry + Glendo Res, WY AUL 192 D druzy, limestone, Grays Quarry + Glendo Res, WY AUL 193 DT turitella + stromatolite algae agate, Delaney Rim, WY AUR 194 D agate after barite, Yellowcat Flat, UT; chalcedony, Twin Mtns, CO; fibrolite, CO; Los Alamos, NM; black mica; + misc! copper, MI; turquoise, quartz, graphite, mica schist AUR 195 D metallic: purpurite, magnetite, schist, CO; "puddingstone"; various volcanic cinders; Houselog Creek half, CO; jasper blob, Shirley Basin, WY; intrusive roadcut, Shoshone, CA; + misc AUR 196 D hematized sandstone misc: moki marbles, "popcorn rock", etc, CO/UT; slag, CO AUR 197 D agate, jasper, magnetite schist, etc, Pawnee NG + section 11, CO AUR 198 D pyrite, various, many labeled, including Lake Towada Japan; CO; quartz, Red Feather Lakes, CO; pink, aquamarine, CO ------- ALL 199 O (hidden) SE shore, Angostura Res, SD, by kayak, septarian chunk ALM 200 O misc wood: grapefruit, aspen, bristlecone ALM 202 B fossil shells, belemnites, FL, UT, WY, CO, including N Miami Beach ALM 203 O misc magnetite, including purpurite, CO, WY ALM 204 OB dinosaur bone, including polished, UT ALR 205 D (B) misc bagged/labeled special rocks/specimens, incl (A) small non-rock box ALR 221 D misc random unbagged (labeled) larger samples, incl CO marble, Meteor Crater sandstone, CA limestone + pyroxine, highway paint blob, CO deer spike, top of Mt Elbert, UT Henry Mtns phenocrysts, TX flint, ventifact, UT Bryce Canyon ALR 222 D coal fire clinker plus para-lava, Lake DeSmet, Wyoming ------- BUL 219 O (hidden) big chunk of gemmy petrified wood, NW Shirley Basin, WY BUM 207 O hand-polished misc + old memento rocks BUM 208 O oil shale, Colorado River, UT; petosky stone, MI; ripple rock, Glendo?, WY BUM 209 O mica + garnets, misc locations BUM 210 O misc selenite, fluorite, American Educational Products, Fort Collins; floating drywall demo; ulexite, Delaney Rim, WY; calcite, N of Medicine Bow, WY BUM 211 OB K/T boundary clay, CO; talc, Death Valleny NP, CA; potch opal, Tecopa, CA BUR 220 D coral, misc, incl Grand Cayman BUR 212 D dino + mammal bone, WY, FL BUR 213 D "prairie agsphalt" = Lame Johnny Creek jasper, Shirley Basin, WY + section 11, NE of Fort Collins, CO BUR 214 D fluorite, calcite, selenite; cave onyx, Hartville, WY; limestone, Columbia, MO BUR 215 T misc feldspar, moss agate, quartz ------- BLL 216 X (hidden) grit box full of gravel to polish BLM 217 OX old license plates from the Lakewood barn BLR 218 OX tumble-ground marble + misc, via Chris Brown at BC Granite, Fort Collins, CO BLR . . 2 x 1-gallon buckets: gravel to tumble, hematite slurry ------- = UNDER STORAGE SHELVES = ------- -L- . . 4x2x2 = 16 2-gal buckets of misc "keeper" polished rocks ------- Unused box numbers now (in field 2 like above for sequence checking): . 180 . unused . 182 . unused . 225+. unused