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Here it begins.

Today, March 31st, 2019, I started something. That something is what you are reading on right now. A blog. I wanted to start off with introducing what I will be doing and who I am. My name is Tyler, I am a 15 year old boy who is fascinated by the world which all of us live on. I wanted to start a journey, one that involved science as it’s main course, so I set out to begin my course.

Who am I?

I was born in the United States. I live all the way up in the Pacific Northwest corner. I have lived here all my life, it is a beautiful place filled with wonders. I am big on technology (mainly because i am a big gamer) and I have always been into science.

More About Where I am From

Washington State is a sight to behold. There are many National and State parks for people to visit and see nature. The biggest park in Washington is the Olympic National Park which is a major part of the science community. Here scientists work everyday to uncover how animals live their daily lives in the forests an mountains.

Photo taken at Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, Washington

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Dig Finds #2

Today, April fools day, I went out to dig once again at site A. I dug for around two hours widening and deepening the hole. I only dug around a foot more deeper. After the first 12 or so inches I dug, the dirt started to become harder to dig in, the roots became less abundant and rocks started to become smaller and more common. Soon, I was digging mostly small pebbles covered in a clay like dirt. Also, the rocks started to have more unique looks to them and there were more different types of rocks. And even a piece of coal.

Different rock types from site A. The coal is located in the upper right corner.

Dig Finds #1

Earlier today, March 31, 2019, I went digging between two large boulders. I am going to call this location site ‘A’ and I will hopefully have more sites in the future. I was searching for anything interesting, I did not come across much but some of the rocks appeared to have gone through chemical weathering and were very frail. Besides that, the soil was very rich as for it was located in the forest surrounded by maple trees that would drop leaves all over the ground for years.

After I had dug for a while, I went back to my house with one of the rocks to cleanse and observe. The rock was about the size of my palm had an approximate volume of 65 mL. The rock was originally part of one of the two boulders I was digging between. Although it was part of a larger parent rock, it chipped off very easily.

Cleaning the Rock

The rock had a decent amount of moss covering one side of the rock and the other was covered in silt and there were not many visible holes within it.

  • Before
  • Before

After cleaning the rock, most, nearly all of the moss was removed and there were many holes in the rock. There were also very tiny reflective particles within the rock that were silver looking. Also while observing, a piece of the rock broke off and appeared as if it was oily. It was black and had a semi-smooth surface.

My hypothesis

I believe the rock had iron in it. The fragile edges and rusted look were probably due to iron oxidation, or known as rust. Also, the small shiny minerals deeper within the rock were most likely iron particles themselves. This concludes my first dig.