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[Aims]

Two for One........

Hello, what do you think about this? I found it along the banks of the Ohio River or near by creek. My skills with a camera are not the best, but there appears to be some sort of separate tubular stone through the middle of it.

 

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[MrHF]

Gnarly slides and thorny things

thanks, hope the day is treating you well

 

[joyce88]

Help identify rock

Hey guys if you have any rocks you want identified,, or are having a problem with the composition, Post it with questions, and a brief summary of where you got it..I'm down to help!

And I love to play Stump the Chump!

The ghost town museum is the area where I found the rock the ones right before headed towards bishop, CA a city in inyo county.

 

[DSarchet]

Rock101

This weighs approx 3 lbs. Is magnetic in some areas others it appears to repel it has a crust layer with a solid core [fATTACH=CONFIG]1676478[/ATTACH]

 

[Ken65]

I have this quarts but not sure whats the inside called there pyrite for sure I have these bolders and rocks all over my land and in the creek can anyone help identify it thanks guys

 

[CGC Miner]

This weighs approx 3 lbs. Is magnetic in some areas others it appears to repel it has a crust layer with a solid core [fATTACH=CONFIG]1676478[/ATTACH]View attachment 1676479View attachment 1676481

weird nodule

 

[CGC Miner]

I have this quarts but not sure whats the inside called there pyrite for sure I have these bolders and rocks all over my land and in the creek can anyone help identify it thanks guys
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Kinda looks like a goofy granite/gneiss contact. More realistically it is a mica schist in granite. Black biotite mica n golden mica schist. Looks to be some big feldspar in there too.

 

[Ken65]

thanks for the reply i can see the mica in it and the granite and quarts like crystal today i was digging again hit the same type of rock but found red in it the quarts looked red dart rust like red. also have big schist as well n gold lots of graphite as well down there's a graphite mine 1/12 from me . I just trying to see if there's a possibility of gold in the area. they say no that there's is gem but can they be wrong? I read up on it they say graphite played a big roll with gold and so does quarts and when i dig my creek that's what i get quart graphite schist mica but no gold. MAYBE THERE RIGHT ill post another picture when i find something else interesting

I found this today i put a magnet on it and it holds very heavy for its size it rusted theres a crack going down on it weird was deep my creek any idea as to what this is and with a jewlers loop you can see like liquid that is hard coming from crack like it was expose to heat

 

[Rooster6977]

 

[CGC Miner]

thanks for the reply i can see the mica in it and the granite and quarts like crystal today i was digging again hit the same type of rock but found red in it the quarts looked red dart rust like red. also have big schist as well n gold lots of graphite as well down there's a graphite mine 1/12 from me . I just trying to see if there's a possibility of gold in the area. they say no that there's is gem but can they be wrong? I read up on it they say graphite played a big roll with gold and so does quarts and when i dig my creek that's what i get quart graphite schist mica but no gold. MAYBE THERE RIGHT ill post another picture when i find something else interesting

I found this today i put a magnet on it and it holds very heavy for its size it rusted theres a crack going down on it weird was deep my creek any idea as to what this is and with a jewlers loop you can see like liquid that is hard coming from crack like it was expose to heat
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Some kind of iron ore. Might contain some magnetite. The cracks likely occurred in an alluvial setting. The cracks give the chance for water n air to penetrate the rock. Oxidation occurs and stuff seeps out.

 

[CGC Miner]

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Dinosaur egg The texture on the surface is pretty weird. You would think that if it was water worn round like that, the face would be smooth too. Not textured like it is...but that is explainable also.

 

[LuceAngel]

Help me identify this!

Hi there! I am new to this site, and I recently purchased some rocks from a local flea market. I forgot the name of one of my purchases and I cannot find it anywhere online!! It's extremely shiny and really beautiful in the light and it reminds me of black tourmaline.

Thank you for anyone's help in advance!

 

[oidium45]

Does anyone recognize this material? It was removed from a gold mine. It has a sheen to it similar to an agate. Feels smooth and hard. Has a bit of quartz here and there and is increadibly light weight. Also, it does not fluoresce under any of my UV lights.

 

[oidium45]

Hi there! I am new to this site, and I recently purchased some rocks from a local flea market. I forgot the name of one of my purchases and I cannot find it anywhere online!! It's extremely shiny and really beautiful in the light and it reminds me of black tourmaline.

Thank you for anyone's help in advance!View attachment 1681544View attachment 1681545

I have some of that. Very brittle. Sure wish I could remember what it was called...

 

[oidium45]

Does anyone recognize this material? It was removed from a gold mine. It has a sheen to it similar to an agate. Feels smooth and hard. Has a bit of quartz here and there and is increadibly light weight. Also, it does not fluoresce under any of my UV lights.View attachment 1682428View attachment 1682429View attachment 1682430

A friend suggested maybe slag?

 

[madmike970]

Found this in Colorado. Not in its native location though... was a yard decoration

 

[cheeks]

I have 2!

Hey guys if you have any rocks you want identified,, or are having a problem with the composition, Post it with questions, and a brief summary of where you got it..I'm down to help!

And I love to play Stump the Chump!

here we go. This first one is a silver color, solod and heavy. Was found in central Maryland by my grandfathers very small stream/creek. Its not smooth, is all one solid color (no high/low lights), and have no straight lines.

 

[cheeks]

and the 2nd

Then heres another. Thisbone i havent seen anything like it, and it has me thinking about the movie "Joe Dirt", lol. So, this is Extremely heavy. VERY smooth on most of it, while havin a "coral like" look and very rough asphalt feel on other parts (looks like soda fizz). Its brown, with some spots on it that LOOK like some melted wax, but its hard. This is hard to explain.

 

[Goldfinger450]

That Black shiny stuff reminds me exactly of the brake dust that the Trains used to drop in the winter coming out of the mountains, Just like it. Luceangel page 217. Lower.

 

[Goldfinger450]

Easy to get fooled around here Cheeks, but that looks from the pic a bit like a meteorite I examined once. Pretty tough to tell without checking it in Hand, Ya know?