lizzardJan 27, 2023
Happy Large Boulder the Size of a Small Boulder Day! Please celebrate by posting pictures of rocks of indeterminate sizes or maybe your favorite boulder
Show threadEff M
@lizzard I think this was in West Bend, Wisconsin, USA several years ago. I'm not sure of the size, so it's definitely indeterminate sized!
Jan 27, 2023 at 11:39pmWeb
Show threadlizzardJan 28, 2023
@awfulhorrid what a beauty! I can't zoom in enough to guess what it is. Granitic maybe?
Show threadEff MJan 28, 2023

@lizzard Even looking at the full size picture, I'm not completely sure, but I do think you're right. West Bend if very firmly in the Kettle Moraine region of Wisconsin - "... composed of glacial sediment ..." so there are often huge chunks of rock (boulders, one might say!) displaced several hundred miles from their point of origin. That can make identification interesting when you don't have the sample in hand (or even when you do!)

Absolutely gorgeous area, too! I'm reasonably sure that was from a geocaching event.

Show threadlizzardJan 28, 2023
@awfulhorrid I was thinking maybe the square looking bits are chunks of feldspar
Show threadcetanJan 28, 2023
@lizzard @awfulhorrid it's Wisconsin. This is a block of cheese. 🧀 😆
Show threadEff MJan 28, 2023
@cetan @lizzard I can 100% be sure this is not cheese. I've lived in Wisconsin for almost 20 years now - we know our cheese! 😂 (We also have things other than cheese here, like sausage and kringle.)
Show threadcetanJan 29, 2023
@awfulhorrid @lizzard as a fib I'm very familiar with the many wonderful things Wisconsin has. 😎
Show threadEff MJan 29, 2023
@cetan @lizzard I live in Kenosha and work in Waukegan, so I pass through the cheese curtain quite often!