What kind of rock is this?

[quique]

We bought some gravel for the backyard and found this bright red colored rock. What kind of rock could it be?

 

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[Tuberale]

I'd say jasper. Conchoidal fracture, like glass. Lots of it on my mother's farm.

 

[quique]

OK thanks! How can I polish it? Will a dremmel work? I'm not a rock enthusiast.

 

[kcm]

Depends on what kind of polishing you have in mind. You could put a LOT of elbow grease in it and do it by hand, or you could buy yourself a cheap rock tumbler.

....Either that or just smear it with Butter-Flavored Crisco!

 

[Tuberale]

You can polish it. But why? It is not precious, really pretty common. You could probably find a similar stone in a $1 package of polished stones at more Dollar Tree stores.

 

[kcm]

Yes, but polishing it himself(?) would allow him to see both before and after.

 

[quique]

I know it's not valuable, but it is a nice crimson red. I've seen pictures of polished jasper online and they look really neat. It's nice unpolished as well. But yeah if it's too much trouble than I won't. I wouldn't buy a tumbler for the one and O KY rock I'm ever going to polish.

 

[willjo]

Some of your friends may have a rock tumbler and might throw it in with a batch of similar stones and polish it for you.

 

[Eu_citzen]

Jasper indeed.