Got A Rock you Want Identified? Post it here! gimme a good picture or 3 or 4!

[darmentle]

i was working this dried up wash drainage coming down the hill side.started getting hit like a nugget under a hot rock 38-70 going crazy, start digging down and i came across these two peaces of rock/ore really light in weight really pores like really gritty sand paper. any ideas?

 

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[utminer]

hi new guy here from Utah these were found in a canyon where a pretty good high grade ore gold mine was some of these were from inside the mine and some were outcroppings the rhyolite (sp) is all different colors I have seen black ,purple, pink, blue, rust...all kinds of colors can be found on the ground This is some strange ore.It is pretty much the same I think but some is extremely hard and this grayish color....some is Red and brittle..almost like glass..and some is a bronze tan color and very soft.....I wish I would kept it as it was holding really nice gold...I already smashed it and recovered gold.....any help on what im looking at appreciated

 

[Golden_Crab]

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Any idea what is in this Igneous? Or is it a meteorite??

That screams xenoliths in a lamporite matrix..

 

[Golden_Crab]

I'm new to the site so if I go about things the wrong way I apologize. I recently began hunting for geodes and I'm hooked let me tell you!! I have found several very interesting pieces in the past two days. This one I found in a stream near my house. I chose to post it because it's easiest to see the detail without a magnifying glass. The others are difficult to capture the details in photographs
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Fault breccia, excellent mineral potential when found in conjuction with quartz

 

[Golden_Crab]

i was working this dried up wash drainage coming down the hill side.started getting hit like a nugget under a hot rock 38-70 going crazy, start digging down and i came across these two peaces of rock/ore really light in weight really pores like really gritty sand paper. any ideas?

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Hydrated basalt formed underwater, aka pumice. Great foot scrubber.

 

[uzd]

Hopefully you can see the striations. Lands and grooves. Some sort of petrification? Breccia......Thanks

 

[Mblackburne]

Hi I was wandering if you could help me. I found this rock recently on a beach in the south of England. It's seems to me to be a quartz of somekind, although I don't know a lot about these things I could be wrong. There does seem to be shards of crystal in the rock too, some have a pinkish colour while others are darker more like a grey or black. There also seems to be some kind of iron ore attached to the rock. My partner seems to think I have found just another rock while I seem to think I've found something special �� Hope you can help. Sorry if the picture quality isn't that great x

 

[Eu_citzen]

I have one rare stone to id sir.. pls see pics! about 20grms,very hard, it was found in quarry together w/ other rocks..View attachment 1338150

Quartz.

 

[Eu_citzen]

I recently bought my first mining claim and picked up a few buckets of material to test and figure out where to search. The problem is that I don't really know exactly what I'm looking for yet. I've panned a little gold previously and collected rocks but I don't know much about them. I was referred to this website and it looks like I found the right place for mineral hunting! I think this rock may be silver ore but I'm not sure. Thanks for your help!
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Quartz or rhyolite.

 

[gemmy59]

I have one rare stone to id sir.. pls see pics! about 20grms,very hard, it was found in quarry together w/ other rocks..View attachment 1338150

Sir, any guess? or suggestion to how to determine..

 

[gemmy59]

thank you for the id.

 

[ARC]

? ? ?

 

[ARC]

And this one...

I have a few more to post for ID that need photo's that will follow if these are ID'd.

 

[Layo6]

I Found this rock in a open field hunting. Its hard to see but it has almost a glittery sparkle to it. It also has very small specks of black in it that almost look like a gem type. Can you tell me what type of rock this is?

 

[Layo6]

Here are a couple more pics. Can you help identify this one.

 

[Amy04]

Hey,
I found this rock in Grizzly Gulch, UT. I think this rock may have gold, but I'm not sure. Thanks for your help!

 

[Sheldon J]

Hey,
I found this rock in Grizzly Gulch, UT. I think this rock may have gold, but I'm not sure. Thanks for your help!
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is the metal malleable? a simple acid test would confirm it as well...

 

[love2velo]

How about this one? 3rd pic is close up of 2nd clast

 

[Amy04]

is the metal malleable? a simple acid test would confirm it as well...

Is't malleable! It is pyrite.
Thank you, Sheldon!

 

[Carl995]

Please tell me their diamonds so I can cash them in!!!

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