I was diggin in my yard today

[tannerhatley]

So i was diggin in my yard today becuase I was putting up cool retaining wall around this tree so we can plant some phlox. I'm digging and digging, trying to make the blocks level to one another and I come up on a large amount of what looks like quartz stone. These two are just ones that I grabbed quickly. There are still so many more that I have washed into like two fistfull piles. Anywho, I am going to a gemologist here in town to let me know exactly what it is. What do you guys think?

 

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[Back-of-the-boat]

Milk Quartz

 

[tannerhatley]

HMMM. I wonder how much it is worth?

 

[Argentium]

Are these a light pink - rose quartz ? They are not precious- but I've always loved collecting rocks, fossils , gems , gold panning
arrowheads - all of it - I grew up in Montana - a rock hound heaven !

 

[tannerhatley]

here is the total of what I found. Various sizes and dirtness. I just tried to clean them up with water. The small sifter is to show the size of the pile. Equal to the circumference of a soda can.

 

[g-olden years]

hmm...... I don't know everything (ha! ha!), but my guess is that it's plain quartz which has been deliberately crushed by modern humans -- these small fragments seem to have too many sharp edges to show natural weathering .... hope I'm wrong and let us know what you find out. Andi

 

[tannerhatley]

its just plain odd that this was right next to my tree by our sidewalk. It's weird.

 

[yelnif]

its just plain odd that this was right next to my tree by our sidewalk. It's weird.

Hello tannerhatley, It was/ is common for a sidewalk to be bordered by quartz/ or other crushed rock. This gives a transition area between the concrete and the grass- more pleasing to the eye. You might try moving down the sidewalk 3' or 4' and try digging a test hole to see if you find similar rocks? Just a suggestion/ possibility.

 

[pepperj]

Hello tannerhatley, It was/ is common for a sidewalk to be bordered by quartz/ or other crushed rock. This gives a transition area between the concrete and the grass- more pleasing to the eye. You might try moving down the sidewalk 3' or 4' and try digging a test hole to see if you find similar rocks? Just a suggestion/ possibility.

That's hit the nail right on the head, white 1/4" crushed quartz sells for $275 a ton.

 

[tannerhatley]

Dang.

 

[chkn]

Seems like you could make a pretty mosaic with them at the very least.