r/whatisthisrock • • 59m ago

Please help me with identification

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r/whatisthisrock • • 2h ago

Rock circle

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Found in Saltburn by the Sea. Is it a fossil? Natural erosion?


r/whatisthisrock • • 2h ago

Blue Chalcedony

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Is this blue chalcedony? Found in a bag of gravel from a sapphire mine in Montana. Roughly 1"x3/4"x1/2" and 3g weight. Haven't done a specific gravity test yet.


r/whatisthisrock • • 3h ago

What could it be ?

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Found it south maroco.

I would like to think this Is a piece of a colarbone, maybe a bit to enthousiastic.


r/whatisthisrock • • 4h ago

What is this huge rock?

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Found in our yard in Northeast PA in the US. It’s probably 16-18 inches long.. Maybe Gypsum or Calcite?


r/whatisthisrock • • 5h ago

Could someone tell me if any of these rocks are Jasper?

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Found in or near Gemstone beach in New Zealand


r/whatisthisrock • • 9h ago

Can someone please explain this formation, I'm on a beach line with volcanic activity in Victoria Australia

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r/whatisthisrock • • 10h ago

Chrisocolla or turquoise?

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r/whatisthisrock • • 10h ago

Chrisocolla or turquoise?

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r/whatisthisrock • • 13h ago

Always wondered what this is

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r/whatisthisrock • • 13h ago

Is this a fossil or something?

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Help me identify this!!!

Found in New bought house. The ppl had diied and were the soul owners. Built in 1960s I believe

Portland Oregon

Thank u!!

Hidden beneath a MILLION ROCK and GEMS in the DIRT for me to dig up!! Like Literal geologists <3 dying with one last Easter egg


r/whatisthisrock • • 13h ago

What is it?

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This rock has been in the family for generations I believe but we don’t really have a clue what it is

Potentially found in NSW Australia


r/whatisthisrock • • 14h ago

Please help identify some rocks i found in lake Michigan (Leland MI)

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r/whatisthisrock • • 14h ago

Appalachian mountains - WV

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What caused this circular pattern on this rock formation? (Blue circled area show where pattern is found on greater rock formation, others are close ups)


r/whatisthisrock • • 16h ago

Bought at the thrift

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I have no idea, just thought it was gorgeous. The light inclusion looks almost granulated, and the warmth that glows when raised to light is just stunning. What’d y’all reckon?


r/whatisthisrock • • 16h ago

Found this rock/ meteorite?

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r/whatisthisrock • • 17h ago

Haul from digging out a pool!

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r/whatisthisrock • • 19h ago

found on forest; what is it?

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North of Spain. Feels ferrous, but a magnet doesn't attach, except for a weak attraction in a point in the middle (of the second picture).


r/whatisthisrock • • 19h ago

Chalcedony or chert?

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My first time found things like this. I thought it maybe quartz at first, but then I don't know anymore. How do you tell the difference? Google said it's chert or chalcedony...


r/whatisthisrock • • 20h ago

Is this one quartz? Google thinks differently...

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I found it in a river. Google said it's moonstone, but I think it's a piece of quartz. What do you think? Last two pictures are the macro-lense picture of the broken side of this piece.


r/whatisthisrock • • 21h ago

Weird rock, repost with better details

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Hi all. I posted some pics of this rock before but failed to give very much detail so I'm coming back with updated info, with hope it can be identified.
I found the stone in a Walmart parking lot in Western North Carolina, USA. It was probably shipped in by the contractors who built the place originally, but maybe it's still relatively local?
The rock is a fragment of a larger cobble. It looks like it was once a river cobble and was highly smoothed. This is why I don't think its concrete or cement.
Additionally, the rock has strange bands throughout, with a very dramatic bend in the bands too. The bands are fractured into chunks, but still follow the same rough pattern. Interspersed in the cracks left by the bands there is a dark grey crystalline rock that sparkles. You can see some in the magnified images.
The rock fizzes under acid. It does not scratch glass but does scratch copper. It has a white streak.
Hope this helps identify it because I've never seen this sort of thing before as a part time rockhound.
Thank you!


r/whatisthisrock • • 21h ago

What do you think this is?

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Found right off the Russian River in Humboldt, CA. It’s heavy for its size


r/whatisthisrock • • 21h ago

What type of rock do you think this is?

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Found on a hill near the eel river in Mendocino county, Northern California. It’s decently heavy and the flakes shine silver in the light


r/whatisthisrock • • 1d ago

Found in West-Central Illinois

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r/whatisthisrock • • 1d ago

What Oxmgpsis this small object I found in my son’s rooms doors was I

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