Lake Huron Puddingstones

Puddingstone, also known as Jasper Conglomerate, Pudding Stone, Lorrain Conglomerate, Quartz Conglomerate, Plum Puddingstone is a rare conglomerate found in only a few places in the world. Puddingstone was named by Cornish miners who thought the stone resembled their traditional Christmas pudding made with raisins, cherries, currents and nuts.
In Michigan, in Lake Huron, St. Joseph and Drummond Islands produce a distinct Puddingstone. This stone forms in a semi-transparent quartzite, sandstone matrix. The matrix, background, main rock is usually white, cream, sandy but can be a wide variety of colors with pinks, greys and browns included.
The inclusions, pieces of imbedded pebbles & stones, can vary as well. Jasper, from bright, lipstick red to browns, purples, oranges and pinks, is the main inclusion. Other minerals could be quartz, chert, hematite, black flint, green quartz, and even fossils.
This journal is my research into the wonders of Lake Huron Puddingstone.

Saturday, August 16, 2014

QueenPuddin from Huron today

Here is the largest Pudding, with the heaviest amount of inclusions that I have found to date.
 I found her just north of Rogers City along with a few "pocket pieces", small Puddings.
 Whilst I find the vast majority of my Puddings at local businesses in decorative stone borders, there is something very special within these Lake Huron beauties. They have this light brown matrix and they just feel really good.
 I don't know, maybe it's the fabulous energy of the Lake, or that they have never been touched by human hands prior to mine. They feel refreshing, lite, invigorating and pleasing.
I didn't pluck this one from the Lake....Huron gifted me:)
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