I live in the Appalachian mountains, near the top of one out of a very many of them.
I pulled this out of the ground(near the surface) while pulling weeds in my backyard.
almost resembles a piece of a geode, the composition of the back is very interesting, and looks like some kind of green stone mixed in.
I’ve been having a blast finding tons of neat rocks and minerals around my yard here in Linden, VA after learning a bit about the complex local geological history.
I live on a mountain and usually just sort through what is naturally coming up as things erode. Ive found some pretty cool things so far, quartz veins running through different mediums, tons of different metamorphic rocks, pyrite too!
Whats some cool stuff I can hunt for or some of your favorites in the area? Im about 10minutes from the North Entrance to the National Park.
I added a couple pictures of some things I found at home while doing yard-work.
The first one is a load of quartz(?) points on the outside of a large landscaping boulder at the bottom of our driveway. lived here for about three years and I never noticed them until about a week or two ago when I started looking at every rock I passed.
And the other thing that kinda looks like a piece of a geode, came out of a garden bed last year and is what kicked everything off.
I am a complete amateur, so feel free to tip me off on the identity of these two. The Composition on the outside of the geode like rock has really peaked my interest, it almost looks like a bit of copper or green colored stone mixed in.