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I meant to post this shortly after the trip, but I was busy at the time and forgot. So last October I went on a fieldtrip with my local club, to one of the newer Herkimer Diamond mines. I hadn't been to one in many years and we got a chance to go for free. For those who may not know. Herkimer Diamonds are in fact, double terminated quartz crystals. They are found in only a few places in the world. The ones from New York are regarded as being of the best quality. A few mines have opened up in recent years. The one we went to, is in the middle of the woods. While I did not find any really big ones I found many small ones on great quality that I wanted to share as they are quite beautiful.
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Find these tube structures along with deposits of light gray pure clay balls about the size of golf balls and slag like material. measurement in inches
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Hello From Arizona-Great to find this forum:) How would I classify this quartz fossil? Thank You, Carrie
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I apologize, I am not used to dealing with dolostone of this hardness. The rock of the Niagara Escarpment is serious stuff! What type of equipment besides cold chisels, dental tools and hydrochloric acid should I consider purchasing?
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I have been stumped by a "rock" I found in my garden over 25 years ago. I have had a continuous need to know what it is purely for my own curiosity. It has "something" inside of it and during the years I've had suggestions of lizard eggs, man made object, etc. Ive obviously spent endless hours looking at it, and I think I've seen some kind of feathers entwined around the small round egg like masses encapsulated within the dark almost black in some light yet like sunrise in another. Its too large to float test fairly heavy makes me doubt amber but given the detail inside hard to think of alternatives.
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Hi guys , I hope you can help me in identifying this rock .I found it in a small dry river in Catalunya. It is covered by small quartz or calcite crystals I think. I am not sure if it is a fossil, maybe a coral fossil? Thank you 🙏
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Hi all! New here and I’ve already spent hours down the rabbit hole. I’m a body piercer and jewelry professional but I love rockhounding. I live in Arkansas and we are know for our quartz. I collect rocks literally everywhere I go so I can’t say for certain where I picked this up. I put it in my tumbler with a load and I check the rocks often during the process. This was in the tumbler with first stage grit for about 2 days. When I was doing my routine check, this rock really stuck out to me. I swear I see a bird embryo. Not only that but it feels 3 dimensionally like a bird body. I know the pareidolia is real with my brain but I’m kind of obsessing at this point so I need someone to bust my bubble.
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Hello!! Any insight on this would be appreciated! My daughter found it today diving in the ocean. We are in south Florida. It’s roughly 4inchesx3inches and 303g (0.668lbs) thanks!
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I need help identifying this I don’t know what it is
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Found in Nevada. Reno area. Not too sure what it is. First time ever looking for cool rocks and fossils. Thanks for any info :)
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So this must be my 4th time posting a pet wood ID request on the forum. It is an older piece I collected with my son last year. Located in Santiago creek river bed in Orange County, California. The specimen lacks any type of wood cell or grain structure at the point where it was cut, however it strongly resembles wood from the outside. The interior is almost entirely quartz and the edges are translucent and emit a yellow glow when placed against a flashlight. I appreciate any insight.
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I finally made it back to one of the most beautiful places to look for one of my favorite fossils - Agatized Coral from the Tampa Bay area. I only had one evening and one morning to search and these are some of the smaller pieces that I have. I brought back about 50 pounds of beautiful corals- most of which I need to cut. Can't wait to see what is inside! If any of you have suggestions for cutting it properly I would love to hear your methods. We had a hammer with us but it became clear we were just shredding the coral. I am thinking of using a wet saw to get some clean cuts. If you are not familiar with it, this site does a nice job explaining it. http://raysrocksandgems.com/Withlacoochee_Coral.html
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Need help confirming what I found. This speciman was found in Milwaukee, WI. I found it in some loose landscape rock around the building I work in. Unfortunately I don't have a ruler on me right now but it's about 2 inches long and 3/4 inches wide. Originally I thought it was agate but someone in my rock group on Facebook says it looks to be silicified stromatoporoid. After doing a Google search I came across stromatolites also. So I'm not sure which one it could be. It's a beautiful specimen. What looks to be quartz on the bottom and what I originally thought was agate surrounding it. Any ideas of what this could be? Thanks a ton! (Sorry about holding the speciman. These pics were taken when I found it and I have the specimen at home and not on me right now. I tried to crop out my fingers) Pics: side view, end view and top view
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Authenticating quartz (?) Keichousaurus?
Roses posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Hello! First, does anyone know what the mineral composition of most keich fossils is? The common darkly colored ones? Or does it vary a great deal? I have some idea what to look for in the “normal” dark keich fossils, but this one appears to be composed of mostly quartz…? Or is it something else? This seems challenging to fake and the photos look convincing to me, but I have no experience in comparing these white keich specimens. Is this likely to be real?
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Hello everyone I am new here and will soon update my profile but was too interested in finding out the ID of this interesting looking formation. I am located in Lincoln County Missouri where this particular specimen was found I'm not quite sure what I'm looking at I have ideas but would like some expert input as I am new to this, this being a childhood fantasy of mine finding fossils paleontology archeology and geology lol. Any help or points in the right direction would be much appreciated thank you so much for allowing me to join this platform.
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I found these in Washington County Maryland (live in Central PA) while staying at an Airbnb. They were lying in and around a small creek. I've never seen anything like these before. I kept thinking they were peices of wood but was surprised to find them to be rocks when I picked them up. I also found this large peice of quartz? I have no idea so what do you all think?
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I found this beautiful Petoskey stone with I believe quartz? Ive never found one like this..
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This weekend as I was out rockhounding for quartz crystals I found this interesting piece. It looks very much like bone to me. Any insight or information would be appreciated. I will add more pics in the comment section. Thank you!
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Found in Dahlonega, Georgia. Original origin (if different) unknown. Before I realized it was a fossil, I had aggressively scrubbed the stone with a denture brush in hopes of cleaning off the deep dirt stains. It worked, but I'm not sure if it damaged it at all. It doesn't look noticeably damaged, if it is, but I figured I'd bring it up. This rock is *most likely?* limestone & quartz but I'm not terribly confident in that answer. Any help GREATLY appreciated!! The fossil appears to be a mix of star shaped and column shaped indents, with what appear to be shells as well. There may be more (as there are a lot of similar indents that look more like closely packed dots) but I'm not sure. P.S.: If anyone has tips to safely remove the iron stains, let me know! I'd rather preserve the fossil than remove the iron, but I figured I might ask.
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Was wondering what this could be. Unfortunately my kids broke it and I lost the piece that looks like a fossilized oyster or muscle stuck to it I've cleaned it in iron out as I am a collector of minerals but have never found anything like this. It was extremely slimy and stunk when I found it. I picked it up because along bottom has these tiny baby crystals. the copper rusty areas is fragile but has peculiar shapes. Somebody told me it could possibly be a fossilized she'll on coral rock but I'm new to this thank you in advance for any information
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starting to look for Micro fossils in the Pittsburg Bluff Formation - what is this?
OregonFossil posted a topic in Micro-paleontology
I've looked at a lot of sediment now and I just found this. It is a perfect sphere and semi-clear. Hard but perfectly round. Don't think it's a microfossil, but anyone have a guess as to what it is? It was inside a 3 x 6" piece of the formation. Image about 4-500X. Object cannot be seen with naked eye.
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Hello, I was gifted this fossil. All I know is that it was found in Tennessee. I believe it is a coral fossil but because of the 'stems' I can't find anything that matches it online. I know fossils cant be valued for price on here but if this is rare and I should contact someone about having it I would like to know. It is in limestone with quartz sparkles in the 'coral' pieces. Thanks so much!
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Petrified Wood and Metamorphic Material from NW NC and southern VA Blue Ridge Mtns
rockyourworld posted a topic in Fossil ID
I showed some of this material to a geologist and licensed gemologist to verify what it is, and he said most is agate in some form, and that a lot is petrified wood. I didn't know we had petrified wood up here. The longitudinal grain seems to be clearly defined, and gives a nice striped pattern. The cross-section cuts give sort of a cloud agate appearance. The large "logs" are in the softer stages. They are composed of powdered phyllite mixed in with sand and mica. The mohs hardness is about 3.5. The teal blue striped material in the video is an example. The quartz petrified wood is mohs 7 and quite brittle. Can anyone identify tree species? Chestnut was abundant at one time. Blue quartz w/ petrified wood (below) Grayson County, VA White Top Mountain Rhyolite: Petrified wood cross-cut on diameter: Petrified wood lengthwise cut on lower right: Petrified logs (some are soft): Watauga County, NC specimens:
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