Morlock

As opposed to the white, communist snowflake type we have in the oval office.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/03/health/selfie-deaths-trnd/index.html

Really sorry to hear that. Hope he can overcome this somehow. I wish him the best.

Ditto.

Nope. Only rabble-rousers allowed. Just kidding. I've been to an outing and had a great time.

Thanks for the relating the journey to us. It took almost 70 -80 years from the time it was found until it was classified. That is a really loooong journey...

Nice finds. Makes me wonder if there's a potential for even better flourite crystals in that area. We find those crinoid stems in imbedded in limestone matrix which makes it very difficult to extract with damaging them.

Depending on what it is, it may have much more value as as mineral specimen as opposed to the actual metal content.

First of all what makes you think this is high grade silver? Do a streak test first. https://geology.com/minerals/streak-test.shtml Or you can take a small piece if the suspected high grade silver and grind it into a powder with a hammer. Then smear it on a piece of white paper. Note the color.

Probably because it sounds exotic.

You're never going to get a satisfactory answer. It'll be the same old___________.

Send a specimen here. http://meteoritetesting.org/Submitting a sample.htm I'll even pay for it. We can put this to rest really quick.

For some of you that have never heard of an opal blower. https://blackopaldirect.com/blog/opal-mining/

The Bears are having a good year.

I think I've seen that mine before but have no idea where it was or the name as it's been years since I've been in that area.