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[cheech]

Any idea on this black rock

 

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[Eveready]

I found this in my yard in Elon, NC.


I tried to get a better picture of the gem part.
The green area at the righthand end in the second picture.

 

[snamuhmsn]

is this a tooth?

I found a blackish stone with grey root, hope pics show you enough detail. will gladly take more shots. I hope i'm doing this right first post.

 

[Gold seeker 2019]

Identify rocks

I have a photo taken with iPhone with flash then without then-a pic from microscope. It’s not magnetic as I had tested with magnet. Also I had used real gold a sample I bought and used a few grains with metal detectors and it returned signal number of 47, The same had occurred with this rock. I had used a dremil tool with a sander attachment and when I placed on the edge of the rock it produced fine powder. Any thoughts what it is?

 

[Twospirits1home]

Gold rock maybe?



Sorry if the picture isn't to great in quality. It's the only one I have currently but I can post more later. Any help would be great thanks!

 

[UncleHank]

Any idea on these? Any help would be much appreciated. Still scraping and cleaning out with a scraper and brushes.

 

[cohenA]

Hi, I know nothing about rocks. Could someone please identify this for my 8 year old son. Found on the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand. Thanks

 

[Boarteats]

Hope that I don't insult you by (possibly) tossing you a softball

I believe that the host rock is feldspar with some iron oxide. No idea what the dark gray material is. Anything particularly interesting here?

 

[Hawaii]

found this diving off the north shore Oahu weight is 32lbs and attracts magnet some spots stronger pull thanks for the help

 

[Sbalausa]

Any help identifying this stones

 

[Boarteats]

View attachment 1776264View attachment 1776265View attachment 1776266View attachment 1776267 found this diving off the north shore Oahu weight is 32lbs and attracts magnet some spots stronger pull thanks for the help

It's a fossilized pacman! Didn't realize the game was that old!!

...sorry, couldn't resist.

 

[Boarteats]

Any help identifying this stones

 

[Siopao11]

 

[PN14]

Hopefully i am doing this correctly im hoping someone can help me find out more information on some rocks that i had found on a property that i used to live at , please bare with me , im not really very familiar with Forums , but may be teachable ? Im aging & depending more & more on people to help me lift & move things in my home & i see a need to defend my Rock collection as something more than just junk rocks ! if i can at least give them a name or definition it would help ( because they are quite heavy & inconvenient to someone helping me , If i find they are anything special , i can at least know before my time is done that i had something valuable , because im far from wealthy .. LOL ..I seriously doubt they are worth anything , especially just finding them in a yard , but never know , I used to love to go camping , there was an area near a river & many small gold mining claims were along the banks and would always see the owners toward the end of the weekend , loading buckets of rocks to take home to sort thru, so i can only imagine what they did with the rejects , but assuming they probably didnt bring them all back , whats 1 to do with all those rocks ? Ive only seen a few examples of precious metals in raw rock , but not enough to know the difference on my own . i seen this forum a few days ago & was very impressed with the knowledge , patience & answers given by other members in this forum , so i had to come back today & join in the hopes that someone can tell me what they are .. Sorry so lengthy , i hope im not butting in on someone elses post , please forgive me if i have & i would be grateful for a general idea of how i should start if this happens .. With that being said .. These rocks were found in a yard in Yakima Wa

 

[dssjon]

Found hiking in Skagit County, WA. Any ideas what kind of rock this is?

 

[Clay Diggins]

Found hiking in Skagit County, WA. Any ideas what kind of rock this is?View attachment 1777729View attachment 1777730

It appears to be Antigorite or possibly Lizardite Serpentine.

Can you scratch it with a knife?

 

[PN14]

IDK if i posted them ok hope so .. Thanks alot in advance

 

[dssjon]

Clay, I can indeed scratch it with a knife but not very easily. Although it is kind of flaky. After digging around the web further I'm wonder if it could it be blue schist: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blueschist , wdyt?

 

[Clay Diggins]

Clay, I can indeed scratch it with a knife but not very easily. Although it is kind of flaky. After digging around the web further I'm wonder if it could it be blue schist: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blueschist , wdyt?

It could be blueschist in your location. It doesn't look like any blueschist I've seen before but I haven't seen that much.

If it's serpentine it should able to be scratched by a knife but so should blueschist. I see blueschist is actually a little softer than serpentine. I imagine the amount of Glaucophane in the blueschist would determine how blue and how hard it is.

Does it absorb or repel water. Blueschist is very porous, serpentine is not.

 

[LAMPWICK]

Hi all ,
I found this interesting stone on the Jurassic coast in dorset England and would love to know what it is . Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks .