ROCK BOX INDEX FILE By Alan Silverstein Last updated: Feb 4, 2023 Directly search under RBI link in browser. Had to give up on Google Drive/Docs, broken 230105, repeatedly says I must upload to view it, but never succeeds. Deleted off PC and phone/Drive. 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 Note that only shelf numbers are marked on the shelves themselves. - O = open box, no lid, just cardboard sheet covering - B = bigger box, taller than average - S = smaller box, shorter than average - L = longer than average box, with attached lid - P = paint can box (Behr, open) with handles - 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) - abbreviate state names here, even if spelled out on the box - some descriptions here are longer than what's written on the box! - 1-4: low metal shelfs with display steps on top - 5-6: tall homemade wooden shelves - 7-8 + A-B: various shelves further west - misc = miscellaneous - BIF = banded iron formation, mostly from along the North Platte River, WY GOAL: All rocks in the basement are either (a) in process in the tumbling shop, or else (b) stored in a box labeled on one end. Ideally: - Prefer TWO-PART CLOSED BOXES. 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. - NOT NUMBERING any boxes. Instead just indexing box locations by shelves on which they reside (see below). - ORGANIZE 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. PURPOSE OF INDEX: Search online to see all possible locations for a given type of rock or other specimen. Note: I considered giving every box a sequential number that has no meaning, but I don't want to record too much in the index file, just enough to find a box based on its contents. INDEX: South left aisle, left side: ------- 1UL BT Parker petrified wood, SE Denver, CO 1UL BT Parker petrified wood, SE Denver, CO 1UM BT Parker petrified wood (large), Dove Valley area, SE Denver, CO 1UM OP Parker petrified wood, CO 1UR B Parker petrified wood, CO 1UR TK Denver petrified wood, Parker / South Platte, CO 1UR T Parker petrified wood, SE Denver, CO ------- 1ML H petrified fish, private quarry, Kemmerer, WY 1ML . petrified fish, private quarry, Kemmerer, WY 1ML BTK quartz, Rainbow Lode, Red Feather Lakes, CO + misc 1MM OS glass jar samples 1MM Q barite, calcite, New Raymer + Owl Canyon, CO 1MM . druzy quartz, Redcloud/Sunshine, San Juan Mtns, CO 1MR OB (unpainted) hand-polished wood, Blue Forest, WY + Moab, UT 1MR TK chalcedony, northwest NE + Houselog Creek, CO 1MR TK chalcedony, Moab, UT + yellow from Fairburn, SD ------- 1LL O shells: special 1LL O shells: spiral 1LL O shells: cut 1LM O shells: best/bought 1LM O coral 1LM O coral, etc 1LR O shells: bivalve, etc 1LR O shells: bivalve, etc 1LR O shells: bivalve, etc ------- 2UL . carnelian (after barite) in mudstone, + nearby agate, Yellowcat flat, UT 2UL O misc hand-polished 2UL O green balls, Shirley Basin, WY; junction of Holiday and Marshall Roads 2UM TO banded quartzite 2UM . rhodochrosite and pyrite, Sweet Home Mine, Alma, CO 2UR OH titaniferous magnetite, east of Iron Mountain, WY 2UR O BIF = banded iron formation, Whalen Canyon, WY ------- 2ML TK quartz, Rainbow Lode, Redfeather Lakes, CO + Front Range smoky, etc 2ML . agate, chalcedony, moss agate, Shirley Basin, WY 2ML B pyrite, Sweet Home Mine, Alma, CO 2MM H "popcorn rock", Chinle fm concretions, Good Hope Bay, Lake Powell, UT 2MM OBT BIF = banded iron formation, Glendo area, WY ------- 2LL O artifacts, UT, CO 2LL . hematized sandstone, UT, CO 2LL OTK banded/etc jasper, Shirley Basin, WY + etc 2LM OQ odd rocks: shapes, patterns 2LM . agate/jasper, Shirley Basin, WY 2LM L druzy on limestone, Glendo area, WY 2LR LH BIF = banded iron formation, Atlantic City + Moore Road, WY 2LR L BIF = banded iron formation, N Platte River, WY; Seminoe, Pathfinder, Glendo, etc ------- South left aisle, right side: ------- 3UL . (empty) 3UM . mud cracks, SE area, Glendo Reservoir, WY 3UM . pockets, etc, Grays Quarry + Glendo Reservoir, WY 3UM . quartz, calcite, misc, Grays Quarry + Glendo Reservoir, WY 3UR O limestone, CA deserts; orange selenite? near Petrified Forest, AZ 3UR H druzy, Grays Quarry, Glendo, WY 3UR . druzy, Grays Quarry, Glendo, WY ------- 3ML . (2 plastic boxes) spare peak rocks 3ML . (wooden box) spare Top of CO rocks 3MM . (2 plastic boxes = 14ers, subpeaks) spare Top of CO rocks 3MM . Top of CO Collection 3MR OX moss agate display, Pawnee National Grassland, CO 3MR X (three small boxes) corals: 2 large bought; 2x Miami Beach ~1973 ------- 3LL . (empty) 3LM . banded agates including Fairburn, SD + misc bands, obsidian, ammonite 3LM . bone/phosphate, Bone Valley, FL + Apollo Beach, maybe Venice Beach 3LM . dinosaur bone, west of Green River, UT; ~1.5 mi south of I-70 on Hanksville road, east side (BLM) 3LR HT random semitransparent agate 3LR T misc agate batches, including northwest NE 3LR . K/T boundary clay, I-25 exit 8, Starkville, CO ------- 4UL O sand/etc in jars, including HI, FL, CO, CA 4UL O sandstone, including Lake Powell ring rocks, UT 4UL . misc agate/jasper Grays Quarry, Glendo, WY 4UL . agate, Shirley Basin, WY 4UM OQ desert varnish + erosion, misc locations 4UM HT agate, Twin Mtns, CO 4UM T misc opaque agate/jasper 4UM T milky agate, WY, CO 4UR H (T + raw) agate in basalt, Houselog Creek NW of Saguache, CO 4UR . Keokuk, IA, geodes: misc windows, halves 4UR . Keokuk, IA, geodes: large, tumbled + split 4UR . Keokuk, IA, geodes: tumbled + cut, + pyrites ------- 4LL X loose Klondike Bluff fossil knot + photo of Megan 4LL T chalcedony, blue/gray/white + Wolf Creek Pass, CO 4LL B marine fossils, SE Glendo Reservoir, WY 4LL O (T + raw) epidote/ite 4LL . epidote, Pawnee NG, CO + "little bubble" agate 4LM OB mica (probably from N Fork Big Thompson ~5 mi US Drake) 4LM OB real wood 4LM T glass insulators + parts, UT + KS 4LR X empty box (storage) ------- North wooden shelves: ------- 5UL OX "steel wire art", Shirley Basin + Grays Quarry, Glendo, WY 5UL OP (gone) 5UL OP fuchsite quartzite, Snowy Range mine, WY (41.36695 -106.28104) 5UL OP metal "paperweights", Balsam barn (Lakewood), etc 5UL OP battered old railway? lantern from Balsam barn + other metal parts 5UM OP Grays Quarry, Glendo, WY 5UM OP Grays Quarry, Glendo, WY 5UM OP Grays Quarry, Glendo, WY 5UR OP septarians, SE shore, Angostura Reservoir, SD 5UR OP ripple + similar sandstone, Glendo Reservoir, WY 5UR OP BIF = banded iron formation, N Platte River, WY ------- 5ML OP amazonite, misc 5ML OP mud crack septarians, SE Glendo Reservoir, WY 5MM . tumbled glass sorted by color 5MM OX (sample box) metal parts including meat hook (rear) 5MM OX (sample box) banded jasper, Shirley Basin, WY (front) 5MM . (loose) cool BIF pebbles 5MM OX (sample box) kimberlites, Boulder, CO 5MM OX (check box) Subaru timing gears 5MM OX (loose) barnifact glass/metal lamp + cyclotron lead brick + cool BIF pebbles 5MR OP BIF, Pathfinder / Sage Creek, WY 5MR OP big BIF, Pathfinder / Sage Creek, WY 5MR OP raw BIF, Junk Creek outcrops, Seminoe Mountains, WY ------- 5LM O old metal frying pan 5LL O chalcedony / green balls, WY, NE 5LL T BIF = banded iron formation, color mix, N Platte River, WY 5LL T BIF = banded iron formation, reddish, N Platte River, WY, + brown, Junk Hill? 5LL BT scrap metal 5LM . stromatolite algae agate, Delaney Rim, WY 5LM . druzy limestone, N Glendo Res / Grays Quarry, WY 5LM . fine druzy limestone + chalcedony, Grays Quarry, N of Glendo, WY 5LM T (+ raw), turitella agate, Delaney Rim, WY 5LM . druzy limestone, N Glendo Res + Grays Quarry ~4 mi N, WY 5LM B BIF = banded iron formation, various N Platte River, WY 5LM . BIF = banded iron formation, various N Platte River, WY 5LM . cool sandstone including hematized, ring rocks, ripples, UT, CO 5LM . anorthosite, syenite, labradorite, Sybille Canyon, WY 5LR OBT BIF, gray, WY 5LR OT BIF, orange, WY 5LR T BIF, orange, WY 5LR . BIF, raw, Sage Creek Rd and/or Pathfinder Res, WY 5LR B BIF, raw, Sage Creek Rd and/or Pathfinder Res, WY ------- 6UL . metallic pegmatites in quartz, WY, CO 6UL B sand + coral, HI 6UL . fluorite + calcite + barite, misc locations 6UL . Tampa area coral agate, Honeymoon Island + misc, FL 6UL . quartz, amethyst, mostly Rainbow Lode, CO 6UM T agate, jasper, red/orange, N+S of Hanksville, UT, incl Gilson Buttes 6UM BT large misc 6UM T misc special, Keokuk IA; moss agate, CO, WY; Mexican fire agate 6UM T misc special, Chugwater WY moss agate; MO lace; CO rhodonite; Dorris amazonite, CO; Pawnee NG, CO "taffy"; etc 6UM T misc special, marbles, hematite, popcorn, Apache tears, tiger eye, Fairburn, etc 6UM . tumbled glass sorted by color 6UM . petrified bone, UT, FL 6UM . chalcedony, banded jasper, Shirley Basin, WY 6UM . jasper, chalcedony, incl shells, Shirley Basin, WY 6UM . fuchsite, kyanite, Browns Peak SE side mine + above, Snowy Range, WY 6UR . tumbled glass sorted by color 6UR T (unlabeled, more Yellowstone River rocks to merge) 6UR T petrified wood + agate + misc, Yellowstone River, MT (220914-15) 6UR T petrified wood + agate + misc, Yellowstone River, MT (200819) ------- 6LL . Blue Forest / Eden Valley, WY, petrified wood 6LL . Blue Forest / Eden Valley, WY, petrified wood 6LL B petrified wood, etc (egg crates), Blue Forest / Eden Valley, WY 6LL B petrified wood, large, Eden Valley, WY 6LM B petrified wood, large, UT/WY/CO; Parker, section 11, Klondike tinklers 6LM T Blue Forest / Eden Valley, WY, tumbled petrified wood sans much agate 6LM T Blue Forest / Eden Valley, WY, tumbled petrified wood with much agate 6LM B Blue Forest petrified wood, WY, Eden Valley 6LM . misc petrified wood, many loc: Dry Crk clinker WY, Clover Crk, Green Mtn CO, Egypt, Glendo Res WY, Fairburn SD, San Juan CO 6LM . "Wood Hill" fossil (petrified) wood, near Boot Heel, Shirley Basin, WY 6LM . gemmy wood, ~4 mi N of Saratoga, WY, E on CR 230 6LM T+ AZ petrified wood + Burr Trail, UT 6UR BO for Pete Modreski 6LR BT+ misc petrified wood: Yellowcat opal T+raw, Klondike Bluffs, Opal Hill CO, L Powell area x3 UT 6LR BT+ misc petrified wood, smaller 6LR BT+ misc petrified wood, larger ------- South right aisle, left side: ------- 7T- . various bottled sand, rocks, etc ------- 7UL T (red coffee jugs) various tumbled rocks to give away 7UL XO large shells, etc: biscuit, urchins, sand dollar, Cayman coral 7UL O FL shells: pen, flat fragments, rough cockles(?) 7UL O shells, misc: turban, orange blobs, thin, etc 7UL O shells, spiral: olive, small, broken, misc ------- 7ML P various sponges, Honeymoon Island, etc, FL 7ML P various sponges, Honeymoon Island, etc, FL 7ML X BIF log; egg cartons: Denver foothills, CO; Fuji cinders, Japan; ilmenite, San Gabriels, CA; tufa, CA 7MR X druzy limestone, Grays Quarry, WY ------- 7LL O larger BIF pebbles to sort 7LR OL cockle shells, FL 7LR O FL shells: oyster, Venus sunray, limpet, white cockles, catspaw, slippers, misc 7LR . shells: baby conch, FL 7LR B shells: MO river mussels + FL scallops + misc ------- 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 P blue glass, Gilson, UT 8UL P blue glass, Gilson, UT 8UL P druzy/agate, limestone, Grays Quarry / Glendo Res, WY 8UR P epidote cobble, Green Mtn Res, CO; post-flood asphalt, Big Thomson Cyn, CO; septarians, Glendo Res, WY; sandstone cobble 8UR P anorthosite, ilmenite, WY; quartz crystals, Copper Mtn, CO; Pyramid Peak green sediment, CO; snowflake obsidian, UT; + 3 misc 8UR P large BIF = banded iron fm (alluvial) + ironwood + metalized quartz, WY ------- 8ML P druzy limestone, north Glendo Res + Grays Quarry, WY 8ML P agatized coral, Honeymoon Island, FL 8ML P magnetite, Farthing/Shanton, WY + Kenosha Pass, CO 8MR B dolomite, phyllite, gabbro, fuchsite, quartz veins; Snowy Range stromatolite tour, WY 8MR B selenite, Lake Francis Case, Missouri River, SD 8MR T BIF = banded iron formation, orange, N Platte River, WY 8MR T BIF = banded iron formation, purple, N Platte River, WY ------- 8LL P marble/alabaster, Alcova Res, WY; jasperized concretion, Glendo Res, WY; marble, Sybille Cyn, Laramie Range, WY 8LL P limestone, jasper, quartz boulder, ~15 mi north of Hartville, WY 8LR O Hilltop Mine ore, Mt Sherman, CO; BIF from brecciated boulder, WY; BIF from Lake Ogallala, NE; + misc 8LR O metal/jasper geodes, Shirley Basin, WY; tumbled Missouri lace, Potosi, south of St Louis, MO 8LR O geodes, Keokuk, IA; agate/jasper, Hartville/Manville, WY; calcite, 1 mi N of Medicine Bow, WY 8LR O chalcedony in basalt, Wolf Creek Pass, CO; zeolites in shoshonite, N Table Mtn, CO 8LR O moss agate, Windmill Road, Chugwater, WY; belemnites, etc, Glendo Res, WY ------- South right aisle, right side: ------- AT- . storage, empty boxes ------- AUL P fuchsite, BIF = banded iron formation, Barlow Gap, WY AUL P BIF = banded iron formation, N Platte River, WY AUL P BIF = banded iron formation, Atlantic City, WY AUM OB jasper/agate, Shirley Basin, WY + misc? AUM . turquoise? near Starr Pass, W side Tucson, AZ, Feb 2005 AUM . possible artifacts -- misc AUM . druzy + agate, limestone, Grays Quarry + Glendo Res, WY AUM . druzy, limestone, Grays Quarry + Glendo Res, WY AUM T turitella + stromatolite algae agate, Delaney Rim, WY AUR L 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 L metallic: purpurite, magnetite, schist, CO; "puddingstone"; various volcanic cinders; Houselog Creek half, CO; jasper blob, Shirley Basin, WY; intrusive roadcut, Shoshone, CA; + misc AUR L hematized sandstone misc: moki marbles, "popcorn rock", etc, CO/UT; slag, CO AUR L agate, jasper, magnetite schist, etc, Pawnee NG + section 11, CO AUR L pyrite, various, many labeled, including Lake Towada Japan; CO; quartz, Red Feather Lakes, CO; pink, aquamarine, CO ------- ALL O (far left) big chunk of gemmy petrified wood, NW Shirley Basin, WY ALL O misc wood: grapefruit, aspen, bristlecone ALL T BIF = banded iron formation, brecciated, N Platte River, WY ALL B fossil shells, belemnites, FL, UT, WY, CO, including N Miami Beach ALL O misc magnetite, including purpurite, CO, WY ALL OB dinosaur bone, including polished, UT ALR L misc bagged/labeled special rocks/specimens, incl small non-rock box ALR L BIF = banded iron formation, large orange, WY ------- BUL O hand-polished misc + old memento rocks BUL O oil shale, Colorado River, UT; petosky stone, MI; ripple rock, Glendo?, WY BUL O mica + garnets, misc locations BUL O misc selenite, fluorite, American Educational Products, Fort Collins; floating drywall demo; ulexite, Delaney Rim, WY; calcite, N of Medicine Bow, WY BUL BO K/T boundary clay, CO; talc, Death Valleny NP, CA; potch opal, Tecopa, CA BUR TX small plastic tray of San Juan River conglomerates BUR L dino + mammal bone, WY, FL BUR L "prairie agsphalt" = Lame Johnny Creek jasper, Shirley Basin, WY + section 11, NE of Fort Collins, CO BUR L fluorite, calcite, selenite; cave onyx, Hartville, WY; limestone, Columbia, MO BUR T misc feldspar, moss agate, quartz ------- BLL X grit box full of gravel to polish ------- BLR OX old license plates from the Lakewood barn BLR . two gallon containers of gravel to tumble BLR XO tumble-ground marble + misc, via Chris Brown at BC Granite, Fort Collins, CO ------- -L- . 11 buckets of misc "keeper" polished rocks under storage shelves -------