frosty and beautiful, but what are they?

[Earth]

Just trying to really find out what these are and the frost that covers them....

 

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[TRanegar36]

Look like rocks to me

 

[AlienLifeForm]

Uh oh, here we go.

 

[Peyton Manning]

maybe you will tell us why you think they are more than just rocks?

 

[unclemac]

they look like surf or river tossed agates to me. the "frost" just being abrasion.

 

[Argentium]

They look like river tumbled quartz rocks to me, maybe you can put them in a rock tumbler to polish them further .

 

[Earth]

thank you unclemac

 

[Earth]

thank you very much argentium, good idea

 

[Earth]

they look like surf or river tossed agates to me. the "frost" just being abrasion.

Thanks!!

 

[bill_wabo]

Tumbling them maight show some nice agate colors.

 

[gunsil]

I am not aware of much agate in Delaware, so I doubt they are agates. One would need to smash or cut them open or polish a part of them to get a proper ID since they do exhibit the river tumbled "frosting".

 

[PirateLabs]

You might try putting a little mineral oil on the surface as it might give you an idea of what it might look like polished. Sometimes this works very well...other times...not so much.

Bill

 

[BosnMate]

I remember when I was a kid, I'd be rock hunting with my Dad. We'd be looking for agates or what ever, and if he needed a shiny spot to see what the rock looked like, he'd lick the rock. I never could get with that program.

 

[neodetectorist]

Yes I would agree, river tumbled
They are attractive looking.

 

[bill_wabo]

I would tumble the first two on the left, on the first picture, but not an expert here, lol. I tumble only river found rocks and the result was pretty nice so far, after 2 batches. You're right BosnMate, licking color on a stone will get an idea of what it could look when polished.