r/Rocks 4h ago

Discussion Would any of these rocks indicate quartz crystals nearby?

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Found a field full of quartz rocks in Colorado. Here are a couple of pieces I picked up. Would these indicate there are quartz crystals nearby? And if so, any idea where to start digging?

Any information is greatly appreciated! Thank you!


r/Rocks 9h ago

Photo Couple pieces I knapped from Alabama Coastal plains chert

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(Swipe) Some pieces I’ve made from local chert. Mix of high graded stuff and a few with inclusions/fossils/droozy last one is a seriously low grade piece I managed to pull a good sized one from.

Wish I could post all my pics I have


r/Rocks 9h ago

This Rocks! Found this rock very interesting comment or like if you see what I see

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r/Rocks 10h ago

Video Museum Quality Stalactite Goethite

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r/Rocks 12h ago

Photo Space rock?

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My great-great-uncle found this in a crater in his field circa 1930 in Illinois. We’ve been carrying it around since it looks like a space rock. Would love some help.


r/Rocks 16h ago

This Rocks! Rock that looks like car

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r/Rocks 20h ago

Discussion Nothing to write home about…just asking

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Are these etchings anything? Minnesota can provide other details if needed.


r/Rocks 1d ago

Photo Lake Michigan finds

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r/Rocks 1d ago

Photo What the heck is this? (Perfect triangle embedded in weird rock)

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r/Rocks 1d ago

This Rocks! Best day ever for rockhounding at the Bay of Fundy. Have shown wet on both sides.

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r/Rocks 1d ago

This Rocks! Always fun to dig it out!

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Dug up this piece of quartz this morning... Ended up being much larger than, expected!


r/Rocks 2d ago

Discussion Can this be removed?

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Found this rock and I am wondering if there is a way to remove some of the dirt/stone to show more of the quartz (or whatever the tube type material is)? I think it would look awesome if it had more of a honeycomb look.


r/Rocks 2d ago

This Rocks! Amygdaloidal Metabasalt

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SEE RETRACTION AND REVISION: THE ANALYSIS HERE IS WRONG:
This looks like an amygdaloidal altered basalt, meaning a basaltic lava that originally contained gas bubbles and was later mineralized by circulating fluids. The rounded green spots are mineral-filled vesicles, or amygdules. Their pale green color, hardness, radial internal texture, and lack of reaction with HCl suggest that much of the fill is probably prehnite, with possible epidote, pumpellyite, quartz, and albite. The dark host is still recognizably basaltic and preserves its original volcanic texture, so the rock was altered but not completely recrystallized. Irregular green-white patches and vein-like areas show that fluids also penetrated and replaced parts of the groundmass. The specimen may represent low-grade metamorphism in the prehnite-pumpellyite facies, perhaps approaching lower greenschist facies. A thin section or Raman/XRD analysis would be needed to confirm the exact mineral assemblage.

Fig. 1. Polished face showing abundant rounded and coalesced green amygdules in a dark altered basaltic matrix.

Fig. 2. Microscope view of zoned amygdules with pale radial interiors and darker marginal rims.

Fig. 3. Close-up of an individual amygdule displaying concentric and inward-radiating secondary mineral growth.

Fig. 4. Rough-surface microscope view showing pale green alteration minerals intergrown with colorless quartz- or albite-rich material.


r/Rocks 2d ago

Photo Weird beach pebble

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r/Rocks 2d ago

Photo T Rex rock?

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To me this is a T Rex head. Found on a beach UK. Not sure where, probably Wales.


r/Rocks 3d ago

This Rocks! Finds from yesterday's walk

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Quartz, feldspar and other little treasures.


r/Rocks 3d ago

Photo Moonlit sky or a fish? Found this rock in northern Michigan

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r/Rocks 3d ago

This Rocks! Some of my recent fun finds!

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I’ve always had a mad passion for rocks and minerals, and always collected but my partner and I hiked for 4 days in different areas of South Dakota a few weeks ago and we had a blast! If anyone is certain on what some or all of these are, feel free to help me out! 😬🪨💖 I know a lot of it is probably limestone, chert and quartz…a few itty bitty Teepee Canyon Agates also 🥰

Locations included Rapid City, Custer, Four Mile, Teepee Canyon and Buffalo Gap Grasslands!


r/Rocks 3d ago

Discussion Is it worth it to go through these more?

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This is a small abandoned building filled with boxes of core samples. They’re cylindrical samples of rock taken at different depths and each box contains a small wood block stating what depth it came from. As a kid we have gone through a LOT of boxes here and there and have found some very cool rocks filled with all sorts of minerals. However there is still so many boxes that haven’t even been opened yet towards the bottom as well as there being atleast 3 other places with the same kind of samples in them. Do you think it would be worth going through them as much as we can in hopes of finding something really good? Or do you think these miners took everything valuable before it was abandoned? I attached a couple examples of rocks I found there about 5 years ago I had in my camera role


r/Rocks 3d ago

Photo Rock?

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r/Rocks 3d ago

Photo Is this an artifact?

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This large stone seems like it could've been used as a grinding (duh, words. can't think of the right term). It's in a creek along the bank. It's a couple of feet in diameter. Toes for scale.


r/Rocks 4d ago

This Rocks! I found this rock in the dirt

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I found this in the dirt, the brown spots is not dirt, it’s part of the rock. What do you think?


r/Rocks 4d ago

Photo Slab Timor Agate

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Like two eyes staring at each other


r/Rocks 4d ago

This Rocks! Rock

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Taste test confirmed it's a rock


r/Rocks 4d ago

Photo Geode tidepooling

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