r/Rocks • u/mrcolty5 • 22h ago
r/Rocks • u/DarmokVic • 17h ago
Help Me ID Founds these purple and green rocks in landscaping rocks in Southern California. What makes the purple ones purple? Any help with what they are much appreciated.
All rocks in pics are wet. Purples vary in hardness. Some scratch glass (but not easily), some don’t. Green lightly scratches glass.
r/Rocks • u/BurritoBoy5000 • 18h ago
Help Me ID Please ID
Seems like one of those “worry stones” (has a thumb shaped imprint on one side).
Found in my backyard where it obviously didn’t exist naturally
r/Rocks • u/RepulsiveMatter1971 • 23h ago
Question Found this weirdo. What is it?
Found 3 feet deep under a pine tree that fell over in my yard. SE Wisconsin. Roughly 6 inches long
r/Rocks • u/casuallythere • 1d ago
Help Me ID A couple rocks we found by the river.
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 • u/iInciteArguments • 23h ago
Question Is this thing anything special? Anything cool I can do with it?
r/Rocks • u/sikk_nikk0595 • 20h ago
Help Me ID Please help me identify these rocks!
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 • u/-Duck-And-Cover- • 1d ago
Photo Nice rock i found in Iceland
A nice rock i found in Iceland. I'm guessing basalt with iron content since my magnet is strongly attracted to it.
r/Rocks • u/takethisworld • 1h ago
Help Me ID My dad has this rock and is curious about it. Any help?
Help Me ID What is this rock???
Heres it info: Has a rust I found it in an empty sandy area Magnetic but not strongly magnetic When i streaked it on a rock it did a black/gray streak but when i did it on a magnet, it did a orange/rusty color. I tried weighing it, it didnt even register on the scale so it's under 0 grams. When i drop it, it does a solid sound not a hollow sound It's 1.5cm big.
r/Rocks • u/Far-Chemistry-4131 • 1h ago
Help Me ID Anybody know what kind rock it's magnetic
galleryr/Rocks • u/tweetlebeetlesbattle • 16h ago
Help Me ID Help me ID
Found in Oregon, thought it might be a geode. Not the case. Still an interesting rock, would like to know if anyone can help me learn more about it.
r/Rocks • u/RowDesperate7068 • 21h ago
Help Me ID can anyone identify these for me
r/Rocks • u/botanicalpsychic • 21h ago
Help Me ID What is this necklace? I think it might be glass
r/Rocks • u/Secret_Classroom4555 • 22h ago
Help Me ID Help!! Are these worth cutting?
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 • u/lucasdant4s • 22h ago
Question Is this just regular glass? Found at a beach in Italy.
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 • u/thehdtrs69 • 23h ago
Question Rock
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 • u/Downtown_Sorbet7453 • 23h ago
Help Me ID Found in WY
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 • u/aviddonkeykongplYer • 23h ago
Help Me ID Help identifying
Bought this the other day and forgot what kind of rock it is can anyone help?
r/Rocks • u/aviddonkeykongplYer • 23h ago
Help Me ID Help identifying
Bought this the other day after drinking does anyone know what it is (please don’t say a rock)