what kind of rock is this???

[apprentice]

 

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[Red James Cash]

looks like garnet to me.

 

[Indian Steve]

Looks like garnet to me too.

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

The ID of your rock, specifically, is garnet crystals in mica schist matrix. I found lots of those in the Atlanta area and midwestern Georgia waaay back in my college years when I was a mineral-collector taking Geology courses.

 

[apprentice]

are these garnets worth anything

 

[unclemac]

no, not really....