Rocks found in dirt basement in house built in 1850 in Mass

[taralynne]

I posted before but found a pile of all different types of rocks buried in our dirt floor cellar. It appears that someone put them there. Any insight would be great. I took close ups of a few and then a bunch of them. Thank you. Happy New Year!

 

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[taralynne]

 

[smokeythecat]

Quartz and various types of granite.

 

[taralynne]

Thank you for replying. Do you think its possible to find gold or diamonds in these types of rocks?

 

[Red James Cash]

Not diamonds.You find diamonds in kimberlite.

 

[taralynne]

 

[taralynne]

How can you tell if a rock is kimberlite?

 

[Red James Cash]

Well one you're near extinct volcanos,and a lava tube.it's a dark colored igneous rock.

 

[Icewing]

Yep those are definitely rocks.

 

[HCW]

looks like gravel to me.

 

[creskol]

Throw them in a rock tumbler and polish them up!

 

[smokeythecat]

Granite is an igneous rock. Quartz is a component of granite. It can contain microscopic gold, but that's not the place to look for gold. There is gold in Oxford County, Maine. Check out your local geology maps.

 

[Rookster]

Nice rocks.

 

[dognose]

could be glacial till.

 

[creskol]

I posted before but found a pile of all different types of rocks buried in our dirt floor cellar. It appears that someone put them there. Any insight would be great.!

My guess is that somebody was in the basement getting their rocks off ... any 3 Merry Widows tins found down there?

 

[islamoradamark]

maybe instead of playing marbles they were playing rocks

 

[A2coins]

Good way to learn asking questions .Those are just plain rocks no value. Look at the rock and gem forum lots of cool info and finds there. Tommy

 

[A2coins]

Welcome also from MI Tommy

 

[Argentium]

Have you been able to check that dirt floor with a metal detector ? If the walls down there are stone ,or brick - check them too !

 

[uglymailman]

When I was a kid in 1964 we took a trip and came home with a beer flat of small rocks. When Mom sold the farm (2008) after Dad died, I was cleaning out a shed with a dirt floor and found said rocks. They were forgotten and unseen for years. Maybe it's something like that if the rocks are not indigenous to your area. Good luck.