Found in the driveway in Kentucky

[tombraidergirl]

Hi ,

Its been a very long time since ive been on this site , this might be a crazy question but i live on a hill in Kentucky and sometimes there is water that will swamp under the ground and in the driveway , although it might be a spring someone said.. there is larger rocks around the home as well that maybe just rubble .. but could anyone tell me what this Little Rock is .. or mineral or what ...

Thank you .. ill try to attach a picture to the comment

 

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[smokeythecat]

It's quartz - silicone dioxide, the most common mineral on earth. It also has inclusion of another mineral, probably an ore of iron.

 

[tombraidergirl]

Kool there are huge white stones outside had no clue knew they weren’t just rocks, lol.. thank you so much ..

 

[smokeythecat]

Quartz is often found with all kinds of other minerals, including gold.

 

[tombraidergirl]

Ok well im living on my old property from years ago , havent been here for 20 years.. so not sure what direction to head to look for Gold but .. there are some odd rocks here for some reason even though the dirt is clay hard some ... strange for Kentucky .. but im on a hill, i will do more research then...lol.. thanks.

 

[smokeythecat]

What county? I can look for known mineral deposits in that county.

 

[tombraidergirl]

Im in Knox County Kentucky .. in between barbourville and corbin kentucky

 

[smokeythecat]

Generally speaking, the predominance of mineralogy of the area is sedimentary, sediments laid down by ancient seas. There are shale and coal deposits. The quartz you have was most likely brought in as a liquid (hot) solution through the sediments. As you can, look for any odd colors, structures or variations in it. When quartz gets brought up from the depths in this manner, a lot of times metal minerals come up with it.

 

[tombraidergirl]

Ill check around , but this thing although i dont know much about them is shiny is what caught my eye.. so yes i have no clue about the Minerals etc.. but this gives me something to Research .

Thank you so much for your help...

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Great info provided by smokeythecat!

You may also want to consider posting you find here for more theories... Rocks/Gems

Dave

 

[tombraidergirl]

Thanks Dave

John Wayne is the best btw..

And yeah its been a very long time since i was on here had no idea i still had a id lol... i did find some more things walking up the driveway maybe sun light hitting them ill post some in the other thread .. thanks for the tip. Here are a few pics of what i found tho.

And i have found me a new hobby when im walking ..lol