What do we have?

[fishbnz]

My sons and I have looked all over for information on some of these rocks/boulders we have acquired. We have found very little to what they are and where they came from. Can anyone help?

The first two have a silver looking veins running through them but they do not have characteristics of pyrite.

The red/ruby rock looks like glitter spread all over. It has a couple of darker red veins running through.

The third set looks as if it is petrified wood with dark quartz growing in cracks.

i have no idea what the last one is other than possible lava.

 

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[Eu_citzen]

#1 Pegmatite
#2 Granite
#3 ??
#4 Possibly Gossan? Or a form of breccia? Odd ball for sure.

 

[hvacker]

#4 I think your right Eu. Iron oxides. Gossan. Curious.

 

[kcm]

Could you provide more views on #3? Like maybe the bottom (flat) surface?

 

[Brian T. Booth]

I think 3 and 4 are some sort of manganese ore. I'm not saying it's rhodochrosite but I think it's definitely a manganese ore. Just too pink to be iron oxide.

 

[SorenCoins]

the 4th one is gossan. You should mine it for gold, gossan has lots of gold

 

[SorenCoins]

or CAN have lots of gold