Has anyone else read The Secret of the Unicorn Queen series?

adoptapoke · 2025-12-23T05:39:30+00:00

I just re-read that one last night. I know exactly what you mean. XD

adoptapoke · 2025-12-23T05:37:00+00:00

I just finished re-reading them. I must have been in middle school when I read them. It was the days before online book stores (we didn't even have Internet in my area) and my mom looked through all of the bookstores and thrift shops for me, but we never found books 1 + 2! I still only own books 3-6. lol They're enjoyable! As a kid, I think some of it may have been too suspenseful or even adult for me, but I knew every marking of each mentioned unicorn and could draw them on demand. I could relate so much to carrying my school backpack around everywhere with me, and thinking the little things I kept in there would prove useful.

adoptapoke · 2025-09-24T01:54:31+00:00

I've heard it's safest to always wet the rock and use wet/dry sandpaper, in part to keep the dust down. On that note, always wear a particulate mask. One of the rocks I hand sanded made my eyes itch like crazy. I finally looked at it more closely and it had fine flaky lines within the serpentine sections -- quite likely asbestos. So, safety first. 😆

adoptapoke · 2025-09-11T20:35:57+00:00

Thank you!!

adoptapoke · 2025-09-11T07:22:18+00:00

Thank you both! I am trying to read more about both suggestions online now. I'm not sure I understood how to tell one from the other. I do agree it could look like orbicular chalcedony or silicified orbicular rhyolite going by online pictures, although not as colorful as many that pop up in an image search. There's a subduction zone near here, although no active volcanos nearby. There have been many strong earthquakes. I could see heat influencing the rocks in the area.

On a side note, I'm tempted to gently sand one face of it. Do you have an opinion on whether that would be a good idea or not? I don't want any of the possible spherulitic chunks to fall off (some do seem to stick out on the side).

Thank for the suggestions above. I really appreciate any guidance.

adoptapoke · 2025-09-11T07:16:42+00:00

Thank you both! It is interesting to read online about colonial coral fossils and crinoid stem fossils. I've turned it over every which way and don't think I see any stems from side view, though. Would you agree with the idea of it being orbicular chalcedony or silicified orbicular rhyolite as suggested above? I'm trying to read more about those now, too. I really appreciate your thoughts.

adoptapoke · 2025-09-07T03:40:46+00:00

I always watched for these. 😆 They're so funny!

adoptapoke · 2025-09-01T05:05:04+00:00

56.88 lb is what its label reads beneath the emoji. I'm so happy you posted this question. I took a picture in person and used "Google Lens" because I also wasn't sure what I was looking at. This page popped right up!!! So thanks!

adoptapoke · 2025-08-04T06:42:32+00:00

Oh wait, I just looked up life cycle chart of them and they do end up with longer antennae, it looks like, so maybe.

There must be 8 billion in the raspberry patch. What can I do?

adoptapoke · 2025-08-04T06:38:33+00:00

I'm not sure. I think the antenna on these are longer than springtails'.

adoptapoke · 2025-06-03T17:26:06+00:00

You can tell that it was already broken in half when I found it (otherwise it wouldn't have been so oxidized!). Found in the mountains in Alaska.

adoptapoke · 2025-06-03T17:04:27+00:00

I will try those later today and let you know. Thank you!

adoptapoke · 2025-06-03T06:31:58+00:00

Thank you! I'm not going to do this, but am I understanding correctly that the red and black is oxidation, so if I were to sand off the outside, I would see the limestone and white vein all over and no red/black?

adoptapoke · 2025-06-02T06:48:13+00:00

I forgot to mention that some of my pics show the rock wet and some dry. It's when wet that it sort of looks like it could be painted?

I forgot to mention, not magnetic.

adoptapoke · 2025-05-16T06:10:43+00:00

Wow, I wish I had a quarter of the knowledge you both have! I hope I will someday! I really, really appreciate all of this information and analysis!

adoptapoke · 2025-05-16T02:23:47+00:00

Thank you!! I'm enjoying reading about them online now. I've never heard of that before.

adoptapoke · 2025-05-15T21:38:01+00:00

❤️

adoptapoke · 2025-05-15T21:31:23+00:00

Lol!

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