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Septarian stones - Septarian (also known as Dragonstone) gets its name from the Latin word "saeptum", which means a small wall or enclosure. The mineral-filled cracks that divide the walls of the septarian concretion give this stone a distinctive appearance. Lake Michigan Stones, Michigan Rocks, Septarian Stone, Rock Identification, Lake Michigan Beaches, Michigan Beaches, Rocks And Fossils, Rock Hunting, Geology Rocks

A small pocket of beaches in SW Michigan reveals these rare Septarian stones. The only other place in the world they can be found, curiously, is in India. Springtime is the best season to find them along the creeks and shores off Lake Michigan. By summer the winds have buried many of them underneath the sand! Find out more about Septarian or where I find them at Pier Cove

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There has been continued progress on the "project." Over the last couple of days I took hundreds of pictures of Lake Superior agates for the online rockhounding adventure. For today's posting, I'll include just a few. Many people come into the museum and assume that the majority of agates found on the beach are "hidden" by a thick husk. The opposite is actually true. Not only have these loose agates survived the waves, ice, and sand of the Lake Superior basin over the last 10,000 years, but…

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