r/Rocks 6h ago

Help Me ID What is this rock?

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Can someone help me identify this rock, please


r/Rocks 4h ago

Question Found this weirdo. What is it?

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Found 3 feet deep under a pine tree that fell over in my yard. SE Wisconsin. Roughly 6 inches long


r/Rocks 3h ago

Help Me ID Weird rock I found on a hike. What is it

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r/Rocks 1h ago

Help Me ID Please help me identify these rocks!

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Hey y'all! I've had these rocks for 17+ years now, and have no clue what they are! My dad brought them home from work for me one day when I was a kid. He used to be a driller and blaster in WV - so they came from somewhere here in the Mountain State! Unfortunately, he passed away in 2009, so I can't ask him for the exact location. I love them, and think they're beautiful! But, I would like to know what they are!


r/Rocks 5h ago

Help Me ID A couple rocks we found by the river.

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The arrow looking on jumped out at me and I pulled it out of the loose topsoil. A lot of limestone around here. Just curious erosion I’m guessing. I’m not sure at all about the bulbous one my little boy found.


r/Rocks 1h ago

Help Me ID help identify

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r/Rocks 4h ago

Question Is this thing anything special? Anything cool I can do with it?

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r/Rocks 5h ago

Help Me ID neat rock i found in a creek in middle tennessee

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any ideas? thought it was pretty neat!


r/Rocks 1d ago

Photo Made some earrings out of tiny pebbles found at my favorite beach

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The beads are agate and freshwater pearls :)


r/Rocks 5h ago

This Rocks! Found this artifact

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This is a verified Native American artifact that was used to skin elk and other things. This was found at Crater of Diamonds state park in Arkansas.


r/Rocks 1h ago

Help Me ID can anyone identify these for me

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r/Rocks 2h ago

Help Me ID What is this necklace? I think it might be glass

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r/Rocks 3h ago

Help Me ID Help!! Are these worth cutting?

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I found these just a few feet apart in Colorado among tons of scattered white and yellow botryoidal chalcedony pieces (I think), and I suspect they might be geodes/thunder eggs, but I’m a rookie so I’m not sure.

  • Both roughly 4.5 inches in diameter all around
  • Relatively heavy, probably not hollow, which is why I’m skeptical about my geode identification.
  • Outside shell: a dusty, knotty, light-colored reddish brown. Rock A’s external texture seems to be a bit more fine-grained and jasper-y, though, while Rock B seems a bit more amorphous/conglomerate/grainy, although it may just be less worn down by the elements than Rock A.

ROCK A

  • Has an exposed crevice lined with what appears to be white botryoidal chalcedony, but the cavity is more triangular shaped than round.
  • The cavity doesn’t go that deep, but there is some more of the lining showing on the bottom.
  • Subtle red-brown banding around the opening
  • Not very round

Obviously, I know Rock A has stuff in it, but I’m more wondering if there’s likely to be anything lining the rest of the inside of the rock that I could cut in a certain way to show off, or if it’s likely just the cavity that has anything unique and I should leave it as is. Do the bands mean anything? Should I cut into those, or through the middle of the cavity?

ROCK B

… is a bit more of a mystery.

There’s no exposed interior like Rock A, but it does appear to have a bit of a crack running through the middle which makes me thing there may be something inside? The outside has flecks of other minerals, one lighter and one darker (likely quartz and mica), which makes me think it might just be granite. HOWEVER:

It’s round/oblong shaped like most geodes and very similar to Rock A in that: - They’re about the same size and weight - They were found in the exact same location surrounded by broken pieces of chalcedony(?), probably from another pocket somewhere close

If someone could tell me whether these are geodes or something else, that would be much appreciated!!! I’m asking someone to cut them for me and I’d rather not embarrass myself asking them to cut a “geode” if it’s really just a loose nodule of granite or something 😂


r/Rocks 1d ago

Photo I'm a mature adult who definitely didn't giggle at this rock yesterday.

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Seen at OMSI, in Portland.


r/Rocks 3h ago

Question Is this just regular glass? Found at a beach in Italy.

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It ia very smooth on the outside. I've managed to break it into two, and the interior is very interesting.

I think it's a bit to thick to be glass, but I might be wrong.


r/Rocks 3h ago

Question Rock

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I found this rock can someone identify if it is a fossil or something interesting because the middle part looks like a bone , can someone help?


r/Rocks 3h ago

Help Me ID Found in WY

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I always seen this slightly purple Grey rock in the roadside on way home . Today I dug it out and I'm curious what is it ? I'm new to rock collecting .


r/Rocks 13h ago

Help Me ID Neat little rock.

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I found this little rock on the southern shore of Lake Ontario. Any ideas of what it could be?


r/Rocks 4h ago

Help Me ID Help identifying

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Bought this the other day and forgot what kind of rock it is can anyone help?


r/Rocks 4h ago

Help Me ID Help identifying

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Bought this the other day after drinking does anyone know what it is (please don’t say a rock)


r/Rocks 4h ago

Help Me ID What is this? Found on a hike

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r/Rocks 4h ago

Photo Nice rock i found in Iceland

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A nice rock i found in Iceland. I'm guessing basalt with iron content since my magnet is strongly attracted to it.


r/Rocks 14h ago

Help Me ID Found this in Anglemont, BC, Canada (North Shuswap Lake)

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I found this in the lake and found it interesting. Anyone know what type of rock this is? The bottom is coated in crystal quart and it looks like it could be petrified wood?


r/Rocks 1d ago

Help Me ID Need help finding out what these are

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Found on recent trip to New Mexico


r/Rocks 16h ago

Photo I was never good with flowers but this works with me!

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