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[magenta1]

Strange "Rock", Native carving, unknown

Hi,
I bought this today at a local flea market neither I nor the Seller had any idea what it was?
Weight about 5 pounds, length about 10 inches
Looks like a phallic symbol!
Carved, old I have no idea?
Please don't think I'm trying to play a joke.
Help on this would be great?

 

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[mofugly13]

I found this and a few more in my yard I live in a valley I have trued biting with a torch a small piece and it gets soft but will not melt any ideas I can’t see it being anything worth while but u never knowView attachment 1607886View attachment 1607887 it will scratch has some weight to it very shiny chrome like when cut but can’t break heated up a peice the result was interesting the pic in the white pal was the after effect of heat can shape when its heated that s about it View attachment 1607888View attachment 1607889

Looks like some spillover from exothermic welding of copper conductors. I make these welds all the time, and when a mold is not closed and the melt spills, this is what it looks like

 

[mofugly13]

Picked this rock up from the gangue pile of the Yuba mine outside of Washington, Ca. I grabbed it because of the green stuff that is in it. It looks to be a few different minerals cemented together. The only one I know is the quartz. I'm interested in what the rectangular Crystal's are and especially what the green is. The green is relatively soft and is easily scraped by a knife, where it turns to powder. I'd love to know about this piece.

 

[Xasan]

Picked this rock up from the gangue pile of the Yuba mine outside of Washington, Ca. I grabbed it because of the green stuff that is in it. It looks to be a few different minerals cemented together. The only one I know is the quartz. I'm interested in what the rectangular Crystal's are and especially what the green is. The green is relatively soft and is easily scraped by a knife, where it turns to powder. I'd love to know about this piece.View attachment 1611614View attachment 1611615View attachment 1611616View attachment 1611617View attachment 1611618View attachment 1611619View attachment 1611620

The rock as a whole looks like a calcite (CaCO3). As for the green stuff, not sure it is due to weathering and if it is another mineral but rock looks like a calcite.

 

[Eu_citzen]

Hi I found this interesting Little Rock while gardening on my property in Texas, it’s very sparkly on one side of the rock any idea what type of rock it is?
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Chances are it might be quartz & chalcedony.

 

[Eu_citzen]

Please advise if the below rocks/stones look gold ore or rocks that contain gold. Thanks.

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Get a fire assay done.

 

[Eu_citzen]

Hi, I wondered if someone kind person might be able to tell me what this is? I found it on a beach and whilst I suspect it's nothing special, I found it curious because of the way the two layers have been fused together. Kind regards and thanks. View attachment 1611437

Not sure, looks sedimentary. Perhaps quartzite and..?

 

[Eu_citzen]

here's a rock I found in a river, if you couldView attachment 1611462 identify it for me I would really appreciate it, thanks. It's about the size of a grapefruit.

I'd need to see a fresh surface - take a hammer to it and chip a corner. Then get me new pics.

 

[Eu_citzen]

Hi,
I bought this today at a local flea market neither I nor the Seller had any idea what it was?
Weight about 5 pounds, length about 10 inches
Looks like a phallic symbol!
Carved, old I have no idea?
Please don't think I'm trying to play a joke.
Help on this would be great?

It's possibly a sandstone.

 

[Eu_citzen]

Picked this rock up from the gangue pile of the Yuba mine outside of Washington, Ca. I grabbed it because of the green stuff that is in it. It looks to be a few different minerals cemented together. The only one I know is the quartz. I'm interested in what the rectangular Crystal's are and especially what the green is. The green is relatively soft and is easily scraped by a knife, where it turns to powder. I'd love to know about this piece.View attachment 1611614View attachment 1611615View attachment 1611616View attachment 1611617View attachment 1611618View attachment 1611619View attachment 1611620

What you are seeing as "rectangular" is actually cleavage. I'd try scratching that with a knife, to.
K feldspar will not be scratched, while Calcite will. Can't see enough details on the green stuff.

 

[mike b]

I took these pictures of a rock about a month ago. It was found in a river by my cousin about five years ago in Denver Colorado. It seems heavy but I had no way to weigh it. it has a rounded side and a flat side that gives the appearance of a ball of something soft that was thrown down and rounded up around the outside of itself. My cousin put this rock in a vise and tried to cut into it with a hacksaw, he put a cut into it about 3/4" long and 1/16" deep before the teeth of the saw ground off. ( That's about what I think should happen.) It seems to have flecks of something in it that you can see if you zoom in. Thanks

 

[mofugly13]

When I get home I'll get a better pic. But it straight up looks like a darker green wasabi. Same texture visibly, very fine grained

 

[mofugly13]

When I get home I'll get a better pic. But it straight up looks like a darker green wasabi. Same texture visibly, very fine grained. Can scratch it with a fingernail.

 

[Chance2490]

I have this rock with blue gems in it as well as other gems.

 

[Chance2490]

I have this rock with blue gems in it as well as others. Can I get as much input as possible...View attachment 1612078View attachment 1612080View attachment 1612083View attachment 1612085View attachment 1612089

 

[Eu_citzen]

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I took these pictures of a rock about a month ago. It was found in a river by my cousin about five years ago in Denver Colorado. It seems heavy but I had no way to weigh it. it has a rounded side and a flat side that gives the appearance of a ball of something soft that was thrown down and rounded up around the outside of itself. My cousin put this rock in a vise and tried to cut into it with a hacksaw, he put a cut into it about 3/4" long and 1/16" deep before the teeth of the saw ground off. ( That's about what I think should happen.) It seems to have flecks of something in it that you can see if you zoom in. Thanks

Diabase/basalt or some similar mafic rock.

 

[Eu_citzen]

I have this rock with blue gems in it as well as other gems. View attachment 1612078View attachment 1612080View attachment 1612083View attachment 1612085View attachment 1612089

Granitoid. The blue you see if quartz, nothing super valuable.

 

[EBrock]

Sharpening stone? Mountain in new mexico.

 

[peggie]

Found while digging in the garden. We assume it's from a previous owner. https://www.flickr.com/photos/peggie/29590875498/in/datetaken-public/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/peggie/42557379045/in/datetaken-public/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/peggie/29590875518/in/datetaken-public/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/peggie/29590875318/in/datetaken-public/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/peggie/28575033247/in/datetaken-public/

 

[amizengo]

ROCK

We have found this mountain with these rocks.
what is it?