Got A Rock you Want Identified? Post it here! gimme a good picture or 3 or 4!

[Obsessive]

Have someone at a rock club or university check it out then. I'm out of guesses right now.
And recheck the scratch using magnification. If it left a "metallic line", it wasn't scratched.

Yay! I stumped a rock god! I was going to start with something easy but everyone seems to know sulpher and obsidian when they see it.

Seriously though, thanks for trying. The knife definitely left a scratch, not a metallic line. Hopefully one of these days I'll find out what it is.
Meanwhile I'll continue to pretend its a petrified something cool.

 

[Eu_citzen]

Hi found this in Mt baker Snoqualmie forest in Washington state was hoping someone who can identify itView attachment 1449275

It's a metamorphic rock for sure, folded. Not sure I can ID it better then so from a mere picture without being familiar with the local geology.
We used to make cabochons of similar rocks at school, they were very nice!

 

[Eu_citzen]

I live in CT and have found a large amount of rocks in my new apartment. Here is the big one.View attachment 1449329View attachment 1449330View attachment 1449331View attachment 1449332View attachment 1449333View attachment 1449329View attachment 1449330View attachment 1449331View attachment 1449332View attachment 1449333

Quarz / Chalcedony.

 

[Eu_citzen]

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This ain't the mugshot section, budd!

 

[Eu_citzen]

Yay! I stumped a rock god! I was going to start with something easy but everyone seems to know sulpher and obsidian when they see it.

Seriously though, thanks for trying. The knife definitely left a scratch, not a metallic line. Hopefully one of these days I'll find out what it is.
Meanwhile I'll continue to pretend its a petrified something cool.

Not that hard really. With over 4000 minerals known to man...Well, let's just stick to that I have a bit more to learn!
Post it over at the Rocks/gems section, perhaps one of the chaps has an idea.

Also don't forget to mention the hardness test with the knife and results. Let's see if we can't stump them to.

 

[Monigue]

Epidote? Do you know where I can find out more information? I don't know anything about rocks

 

[Stephydee]

Can anyone PLEASE tell me what kind of rock/ mineral this is? It's very fragile and the many thin layers it has will come off one by one if not handled carefully. I got this one in Palos Verdes. It's absolutely beautiful. Amazing what the Man upstairs can do.

 

[Tzerr]

This post couldn't have come at a better time! I was hiking in southern Canada when i found this rock i thought looked kind of neat. It's been sitting around for a year when a friend just recently said that it looks like kimberlite! Which can contain precious gems i learned. I'm pretty skeptical but i would love to get some feedback by someone who knows what theyre talking about!

 

[Stephydee]

HELP I.D. PLEASE

Here's a few more I need help I.D.ing... NEED A FELLOW ROCK- A- TEIR LOL.These top two from Palos Verdes CA >

The 3-5 pics below are From Malibu >

The last one From Palos Verdes v below

 

[Eu_citzen]

Epidote? Do you know where I can find out more information? I don't know anything about rocks

Depends on what info you want. Try to google it.

 

[Eu_citzen]

Can anyone PLEASE tell me what kind of rock/ mineral this is? It's very fragile and the many thin layers it has will come off one by one if not handled carefully. I got this one in Palos Verdes. It's absolutely beautiful. Amazing what the Man upstairs can do.

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Muscovite?

 

[Eu_citzen]

This post couldn't have come at a better time! I was hiking in southern Canada when i found this rock i thought looked kind of neat. It's been sitting around for a year when a friend just recently said that it looks like kimberlite! Which can contain precious gems i learned. I'm pretty skeptical but i would love to get some feedback by someone who knows what theyre talking about!
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Not kimberlite or anything similar. I'd like better pics, the white stuff could be opal. Does it look glassy? opal does.
The alternative is quartz, which has a more greasy look to it.

 

[Eu_citzen]

Here's a few more I need help I.D.ing... NEED A FELLOW ROCK- A- TEIR LOL.These top two from Palos Verdes CA >
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The 3-5 pics below are From Malibu >
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The last one From Palos Verdes v below
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#1 Greenstone
#2 Sandstone or Conglomerate
#3 Quartz or chalcedony.

 

[Jasonfull]

Unknown mineral

My best guess is quartz green tourmaline.
Can anyone confirm?

 

[Sheryle]

Can you tell me what this is? Found at the creek

 

[Eu_citzen]

My best guess is quartz green tourmaline.
Can anyone confirm?


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Kyanite?

 

[Eu_citzen]

Can you tell me what this is? Found at the creekView attachment 1451409

Quartz with sulphides, I'd think. To blurry to tell anything more.

 

[zerry]

found in Oregon What is it?

 

[porter7o]

I found this specimen near a copper mine in the mountains of Peru (Toromocho Mine). I know they have some Molybdenum there as well. Any ideas?

 

[Eu_citzen]

View attachment 1452234View attachment 1452237View attachment 1452238View attachment 1452234View attachment 1452234 found in Oregon What is it?

Image is to blurry. Could be slag or a variety of chalcedony.