Rock identification???

[Edgychris]

Hello. Found a rock today that stood out lol. It is a much lighter green in person. Herea is a pic. Is this granite??
Always appreciate all your input. Thanks

 

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[Tdog]

I don't think it's granite but maybe slate.

 

[Edgychris]

Also this orange rock. Has some holes like a sponge. Dense and heavy. Definitly not i

Red rock. Dense and semi porous surface. Not clay Any ideas

 

[Edgychris]

I don't think it's granite but maybe slate.

Definitly not slate. Do not like the pics as it does not capture the green pitique. Its green green.

 

[Edgychris]

Pic

 

[arrow86]

Looks like petrified wood

 

[welsbury]

Are they hard or soft. Last looks like ochre but it would be soft.

 

[Edgychris]

Are t
hey hard or soft. Last looks like ochre but it would be soft.

Hard but that orange one leaves streakes of orange almost like chalk if rubbed on other??

 

[Edgychris]

Yes orange is softer than other but still tinks on glass table

 

[Edgychris]

I looked up orche. Its def that. Is that natural??

 

[welsbury]

I looked up orche. Its def that. Is that natural??

Yes it is natural. It was used as a pigment in paint. Your piece doesn't appear altered.

 

[Edgychris]

Its like chalk

Yes ita def that take a peek.

 

[Thirdeyeartifactguy]

That's pretty cool

 

[Edgychris]

Ochre

Ochre

 

[gold chick]

To me, it looks like petrified wood. What region did you find it? Here in ND, I find all sorts of variations of petrified wood, depending on what the wood was sitting in. I have found grey cement like petrified wood, agatized, and even a small piece of opalized wood. It gets rounded if its super old and was in a waterway.

 

[Edgychris]

I know but its like 2 kilos. Heres a side view

 

[Edgychris]

2 kikos

Heres side viewm tobheavy to be stone. Region is North East Coast. Thx.

 

[Edgychris]

North east coast weighs 2 kilos. Side view

 

[MAMucker]

I’m guessing a type of soft shale (water-logged?). -and the other-a water worn piece of brick-clay?

 

[gold chick]

Oh yeah, that totes looks like wood, you can see the wood grain on the side angle.

The cementized petrified wood I have found is super heavy.

I vote petrified wood