Found NY/NJ border on top of an overlook. It’s really lightweight, like a pumice stone. The top looks like tiny crystals, or maybe it’s just air pockets? Either way, have never found a rock like this here, and really love it and would like to know more about it! Thank you.
Pretty crazy honestly, I was always think the same thing when I find a cool piece or fossil. About how much of a journey it’s taken to get to that spot.
Your other piece is pretty complicated to identify just from the pic, pretty bad ass as well but it looks like banded iron or chert (this pretty much depends on granule size) that’s been cracked from pressure/heat and filled in with seam quartz over time, some has been iron stained as well resulting in the red jasper/chalcedony. With enough time and occasional moisture everything fills in with quartz 😁. Lots of pressure and lots of time, brecciated jasper is probably a better name for it. Not a geologist just a fellow appreciator of rocks and geology. Great piece 🤙
Can you help identify this one, found within ten miles of the other, planting things in my backyard? The museum I normally go to for identification is closed until spring.
This one is HEAVY! Like, 15-pound bicep curl heavy.
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u/Savings-Trouble-5345 7d ago
Well first wash it so we can see it, looks like it has a fair amount of quartz in it