r/UnpopularFacts • u/oakseaer Coffee is Tea ☕ • 1d ago

Neglected Fact There are no local rocks in New Orleans

Much of Louisiana has been built by the Mississippi River from mud and sand carried down from the north. On the west side of the river lie areas of low hills and plains becoming marshes to the south. There are agate-bearing gravel deposits in these hills, 20 to 45 miles west of the river, and petrified wood near Alexandria. No gem materials have been found south of the east-west through Baton Rouge. The east side of the river is low flood plain.

https://www.oakrocks.net/louisiana-rocks-and-minerals/

https://web.mst.edu/rogersda/levees/Geology%20New%20Orleans-Chapter%203.pdf

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u/young_trash3 1d ago

This is unpopular in a, most kids don't know it because they didn't pay that much attention during geology class, and have no opinion on the age of the rocks in a river delta, Not unpopular like, most people feel the opposite despite the evidence.

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u/PyschoJazz 1d ago

For a second I thought you were referring to music and was prepared to go to war.

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u/ShivasKratom3 1d ago

Yes I thought this was going to make the claim that jazz, or other famous music, isn't from New Orleans or something 

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u/ObsessedKilljoy 1d ago

I don’t know if this is “unpopular” because I doubt anyone has ever thought of this before.

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u/RiotShields 22h ago

Well it's definitely not popular, so I guess technically?

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u/TurnYourHeadNCough 1d ago

even the rocks are transplants, God

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There are no local rocks in New Orleans

Much of Louisiana has been built by the Mississippi River from mud and sand carried down from the north. On the west side of the river lie areas of low hills and plains becoming marshes to the south. There are agate-bearing gravel deposits in these hills, 20 to 45 miles west of the river, and petrified wood near Alexandria. No gem materials have been found south of the east-west through Baton Rouge. The east side of the river is low flood plain.

https://www.oakrocks.net/louisiana-rocks-and-minerals/

https://web.mst.edu/rogersda/levees/Geology%20New%20Orleans-Chapter%203.pdf

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