quartz rock gem new find

I let it soak in vinagar for 4 weeks found near helen ga in a quartz belt. Im also intrested in the layers in this rock. Do they represent an era of time? Weather at the time?

I wanted to share these amazing pieces to gain some feedback from you special experts on here. The wife and I had an amazing 2 week vacation where we dug at 3 different mines and these pieces came from Graves Mountain Ga. The colors and brilliance of the layer of Iridescent Hematite coating the...

So younger siblings wanted to go try to catch a snake today in the woods we're walking down this path towards and stream, recently they were ripping up some of this land for sewer pipes. So we walked where they did a big cut, sun shined real nice off of this little guy and caught my eye. Sorry...