Rock Hounding in New Mexico

[mreddy32]

I think New Mexico is a great place to find pretty rocks, I'm not very knowledgeable, when it come to identifying rocks, minerals, etc. I do know quartzes and fluorite when I see it, but that's about it. These are a few photographs of rocks I've found, I use a black background to make the rocks stand out.

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[debistogs]

Beautiful rocks!!!!

 

[Eu_citzen]

nr 2 looks like quartz and citrine(=yellow stuff)
nr 3 may be flourite or blue quartz
nr 4 looks like agate to me, but not sure..
nr 5 lokks like pyrite, with small quartz crystals
nr 6-7 looks like quartz and flourite.
nr 8 I can't remember the name, lol
nr 9 is what we swedes call "ökenros" translated it would be desert rose.
nr 10 I'm not sure..

Hope it helps a little, nice stones by the way

 

[aa battery]

Nature is a trip nice finds.

 

[TreasureTales]

Cool crystals. Did you find all those in NM? Some of my favorite crystals are the fluorites...the variety of colors and such perfect cubes. Do you find fossils in NM?

 

[Snee]

Now THAT's what I call rockhounding.....where are you getting all those? Surely you're not just walking around and picking them up...

 

[JT2]

Wow, awesome finds! How much time and exploring does it take to find one of those?

 

[ClonedSIM]

Purdy stones! Where in NM are you? And where do you go hunting?