Your favorite rock ?

[bansheeraptor]

Out of all the rocks you have ......do you have a favorite ? this is mine , fractured by time , held together by time , if I skin it it will crumble , but if I leave it the way it is , it is beautiful and strong from the fractures that now bind , like life I suppose ,
most likely worthless , but not to me love this rock

Peace

 

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[yakker]

Mine has as much sentimental value as anything else. A gemmy, cloudy rose quartz, given to my brother who died when I was 13, inherited by me. It has traveled a long way. I marvel at its simple beauty.



Second runner-up is the oddest find. A Brazilian rutilated quartz crystal found locally in a reservoir. Which begs the question: 'why?' (and the subject of several (fictional) short stories.

 

[bansheeraptor]

nice rocks !

 

[BurntBear]

But I don't have a favorite!

 

[Las Vegas Bob]

 

[stdenis_jd]

By far my favorite. Jasper conglomerate, drummond island puddingstone. Have a borderline unhealthy addiction to them Haha. They can only be found in one place on earth from my understanding, which is a roughly 100 or so mile radius of drummond island, Mi, US. Had to dig this ~350lb bad boy out of the earth. Was not easy to get back home lol, had to get creative this is by far my biggest one, but I have about 100 or so of these types of rocks in my collection

 

[Eu_citzen]

I don't really have a favourite either. I like all my stones!

 

[woof!]

A thread like this should become an all-time classic. My contribution, sorry don't have photos:

1. When I was a kid my grandfather gave me a small hand specimen of an ultramafic from the Klamath (Trinity?) area that had visible platinum in it. He wanted me to perform an assay on it, but that was both beyond my skill and there were more exciting things I could do with my chemistry set anyhow. Somewhere along the line I gave the rock away, but I still remember it vividly.

2. I've posted here on actinolite. I like actinolite because although it's not common, it's very distinctive and easy to recognize when you see it.

3. Gotta love gold, it's the industry in which I earn my living.

4. At mineral shows, I drool over darn near everything, but the schiller of labradorite and the unique color and texture of turquoise always snag me for yet another look. Optical funny stuff like double-refracting calcite and "television stone" selenite are fun, too.

5. But, my day job is metal detectors, and what matters there is rocks with interesting magnetic properties. So my actual rock collection is mostly the ugliest stupid rocks anyone can imagine: magnetite, pyroxenite, goethite, limonite, siderite, hematite, and rocks and soils that contain maghemite (which is never found as "specimens"). My favoritist rocks on the job are the ones that have the highest magnetic loss angle, and you can't tell by looking at the rock what that will be other than that it will usually be reddish (but most reddish rocks have a relatively low magnetic loss angle). Someday I'll stumble across a silicized paleox and have to explain to the vendor what he or she actually has. After having purchased the best specimen, of course.

 

[Dragontomb]

malachite azurite

I have lots of rocks that I really enjoy for the interesting compositions and crystals. My favorite rock for now would be this larger Malachite / Azurite specimen. I found this large beauty during a hike along an old tailings pile. I like that there is a different copper carbonate on each side.

 

[dbsmokey]

Mine is my avatar: fluorescent calcite and willemite from NJ. I didn't find this specimen but I have found a few similar to this. I am drawn to pretty much any mineral with short wave fluorescence. These minerals appear drab in sunlight but, under UV light, are amazing.

 

[thehunter123]

Big Smoky

Here's mine! 13 lb. smoky quartz crystal found right here in my home state of North Carolina. The discovery of this crystal led me to the pocket of a lifetime!

 

[EricTheCat]

Anyone surprised that my favorite is an agate?

 

[jeff of pa]

hunk of Petrified Tree from a local Mine (underground Forrest ?)

 

[jeff of pa]

Here's mine! 13 lb. smoky quartz crystal found right here in my home state of North Carolina. The discovery of this crystal led me to the pocket of a lifetime!

that's Really Cool !

 

[IAMZIM]

I have too many "favorite" rocks. BUT, if I had to choose, it would be one of these three.....It was too dark in my house to take pics, so I took them outside to do it. Two big 4-5lb smokey's and a 1 lb Rutilated quartz, with copper wires, sprays, and a chlorite phantom..... A little closer pic...

 

[celtic fox]

some nice rock there