My son found this in our backyard in Austin. Never seen anything like it and he is very interested to know what it is. The brown stuff in the last two pictures are sparkly but none of the other parts are. What can you tell us?
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I found this rock when I was around 6 years old near Pagosa Springs, Colorado. I’ve kept it ever since and have never known what it is, hoping to get some insight! If there are any questions I can answer that may help, please let me know. Thank you! :)
These are most likely from the show low/ snowflake area of Arizona.(not 100 percent certain) These 2 pieces look very similar so I assumed they are the same. One of the rocks is completely smooth as seen in the picture, seems too smooth to be natural.
Can someone please help me out with the specifics?
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My boss just came back from a trip to Africa and she visited Cape Town where she bought this for me. Any idea what it could be? It did not scratch with my finger nail or my house key.
My partner came upon this rock and we would love to know what it is!
whatever it is, the shards are in all different directions, they are shiny, smooth, and appear slightly translucent. they are not brittle or flakey.
the host(?) rock is about 3 feet across
i tried to clean the dirt out of the crevice but there is a lot of it. the black shards do continue into that space tho.
stone located on the southern border of Vermont
i added extra photos of different angles, found this in the creek. has some smooth shinny pieces, was curious if i should break it open or just leave it be
This rock was found in the desert in Saudi Arabia over 30 years ago does anyone know what it is. I thought it could be chert or jasper but I’m unsure. I tried to capture it from different angles. About 2 in long.
hi is this quartz we found this in the sand between port nolloth and kleinsee im sure it is quartz my friend is dreaming of diamonds please help we are not very clued up with minerals thanks
the one side almost looks like a shell? is this anything cool?
Thought it loooks like some sort of tooth? maybe or jst a rock?
We were visiting the local wild flower gardens. The area is predominantly sandstone. I grew up in this area but live over seas now so am not familiar with the geography. Would love to know how this formed. It looked like lots of marbles concreted together.
Location: Upstate NY- river bed, specifically near the prehistoric forest locations of Cairo/Gilboa
Description:
specimen is about 3-4 inches in a rough cube.
Jet black and smooth with cracks/striations all running in the same direction. Black material is attached to porous tan rock (sticks to tongue with test)
Non magnetic. surface of black material has some slight shimmer flake crystallization which you can sort of see in the last 2 pictures. not sure of hardness but feels very dense.
found in Taylorsville n.c. in a creek behind my house in the woods
Found on an Irish beach in North County Dublin. Google suggests it could be a glyptodon fossil. Does that seem accurate?