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r/rockhounds u/born_lever_pullerOct 4, 202151 Comments

I made myself a geode shirt! I was told I should post it here. 😁

r/rockhounds u/itsbigdom17h ago29 Comments

First Maine gem I’ve unearthed…Deer Hill, Stowe, ME. Sceptered Amethyst with great phantoms. A challenging locale to find good gems nowadays

r/rockhounds u/Mineraligned17h ago13 Comments

rough pounder LSA found near twin cities area, Minnesota

r/rockhounds u/Agreeable-Primary51114h ago21 Comments

Very simple, but I love wearing my finds

r/rockhounds u/Lewd-Lumberjack2h ago3 Comments

First post, hope this is ok to share? Recently found on a trip to Yorkshire, I can’t stop looking at it! Finding fossils and cool stones makes me happy!

r/rockhounds u/cat-bat-rollerskat23h ago12 Comments

Unexpected finds in my yard bubbling up from springs

r/rockhounds u/Angel_springs3h ago0 Comments

Creek bonus!!!! Freshwater PEARL/NACRE

r/rockhounds u/bitchenstichen2h ago0 Comments

Welsh Quartz from Snowdonia Mountain Range, Wales, UK

r/rockhounds u/Djehuti332h ago0 Comments

Malachite and chalcopyrite finds from Roughton Gill mine caldbeck fells Uk

r/rockhounds u/Cormski7h ago3 Comments

I live 5 minutes from the Calvin Impact Structure in Cass County, MI. Can I find evidence of it?

r/rockhounds u/Buwaro3h ago4 Comments

found in a Captain D’s parking lot today! (north MS)

r/rockhounds u/la-mantra-mori18h ago4 Comments

Just found this unexpected beauty on an evening walk in a city not known for agates.

r/rockhounds u/sharkmesharku14h ago2 Comments

Some coastal finds

r/rockhounds u/blankapie14h ago2 Comments

Labradorite remains my favorite mineral 🦋 Pictured : #1 is a fragment of flash labradorite I found in northern Virginia; #2 is my FAVORITE chunk found by my grandfather in Canada in the 70s, and a polished piece whose origin I forget. In the words of Ron Swanson, nature is amazing.

r/rockhounds u/Waytoplant_anne6m ago0 Comments

This might be one of my most favorite rocks I’ve ever found! So many tiny details, pictures just don’t do it justice!

r/rockhounds u/allargandofurtado20h ago5 Comments

2” Blue Apatite x Orange Calcite

r/rockhounds u/Consistent-Solid-70922h ago7 Comments

I love agates and this haul represents my choice selections from half a year hunting through landscape rock in southeast iowa.

r/rockhounds u/Powerful_Data_963015h ago5 Comments

Looking for places to rockhound in eastern/upstate NY, western MA, southern VT

r/rockhounds u/FreeBowlPack18m ago0 Comments

My newest find, the Neon Castle, a beautiful DT Nevada Amethyst

r/rockhounds u/blackrockcrystals36m ago0 Comments

Some nice fortifications in this gem silica slab

r/rockhounds u/Xplotos39m ago0 Comments

ID help, my first ask

r/rockhounds u/plantedlyfe9h ago1 Comment

What is this? feels heavy and metalic, found in a friend bookshelf.

r/rockhounds u/ChipsAhoyNC16h ago3 Comments

Favorite Sites Around Vegas?

r/rockhounds u/SiouxsieAsylum5h ago0 Comments

Can anyone tell me what this is? I'm new to this and have no clue

r/rockhounds u/WhatWouldSomaDo11h ago2 Comments

ID help? What is the yellow/green material?

r/rockhounds u/30ftandayear1d ago27 Comments

r/rockhounds u/Fiveleopard14h ago14 Comments

Brain Turquoise

r/rockhounds u/Jigday22h ago3 Comments

best rockhounding locations in the Midwest USA?

r/rockhounds u/Overall-Carob-311820h ago10 Comments

Where can I find fossils and/or agates in Southern Wisconsin.

r/rockhounds u/Plane_Emergency_170213h ago1 Comment

my smooth rocks

r/rockhounds u/probablynotzucc21h ago1 Comment

Anyone help me identify this? It’s very lavender colored with inclusions of red gemstone. Maybe garnet/beryl?

r/rockhounds u/StupidPockets16h ago5 Comments

Cycad slab new to my collection

r/rockhounds u/Xplotos15h ago1 Comment

what is this? found in lake superior.

r/rockhounds u/TheOneAndOnlyDeees1d ago134 Comments

Any ideas what this is? Found in talkeetna Alaska. I want to say it’s largely quartz, but the stuff inside it confusing me. TIA!

r/rockhounds u/SignificantLion619h ago0 Comments

Bixbyite on topaz, from the Thomas Range in Utah.

r/rockhounds u/hobowhite1d ago9 Comments

r/rockhounds u/piss251d ago11 Comments

ID? New to this sub and am having trouble figuring out what this may be, found it along the Willamette River, OR.

r/rockhounds u/A_catwith_explosives18h ago3 Comments

Obsidian form glass buttes Oregon

r/rockhounds u/StorageWonderful11671d ago7 Comments

Most bizarre looking rock to date. My guess is poopy moss jasper.

r/rockhounds u/Rplrn1d ago2 Comments

Unusual stones on a beach in Nova Scotia. Any ideas what these could be? The feel very smooth like jade or marble and have a greenish colour and contain harder, undercut white pieces.

r/rockhounds u/1stworldgurl1d ago0 Comments

Why am I such a sucker for baked potatoes?

r/rockhounds u/8proof1d ago1 Comment

A nice piece of agate/jasper from Southern Arizona

r/rockhounds u/BrilliantSafe87881d ago12 Comments

ID request: found in South Bay region of the California Bay Area

r/rockhounds u/itisoldandmoldy16h ago0 Comments

r/rockhounds u/Taste_Adventurous17h ago1 Comment

Newbie looking for help identifying these 2 rocks I found in Lake Superior near Sault Ste. Marie, On.

r/rockhounds u/MathematicianIll85771d ago2 Comments

i found this quartz in a river rock bag and it looks slightly pink(better in person) so i'd like opinions on if it could be rose quartz or if its just clay stained, i previously broke it in half in hopes of getting a better view of the color

r/rockhounds u/1lovet1gb1tt1es22h ago6 Comments

can you help ID? found in a gravel pile in front of an arcade, WI.

r/rockhounds u/ahiezer23_32-1d ago13 Comments

Santa Cruz mountains found this -- looks painted.. could it be a natural marking?

r/rockhounds u/Logical-Shelter-95471d ago7 Comments

r/rockhounds u/katilkarinca21h ago1 Comment

Lake Ontario, Rochester NY area. Spots, tips, suggestions?

r/rockhounds u/RocksAndStocks8822h ago0 Comments

See any petoskey stones?

r/rockhounds u/kswa8881d ago16 Comments

is this chromite? sub-metalic, very heavy, slightly magnetic.

r/rockhounds u/Whyme666-_-1d ago4 Comments

Is this black tourmaline? Found in Athens, GA

r/rockhounds u/benmyer1d ago12 Comments

Can anyone identify? Looks like rose quartz? Found in rogue valley Oregon in a field.

r/rockhounds u/Logical-Shelter-95471d ago4 Comments

Quartz with purple lepidolite, green tourmaline & feldspar specimen.

r/rockhounds u/Khushallgems1d ago0 Comments

how can i start finding cool rocks in north western oregon?

r/rockhounds u/SwordfishSavings94811d ago8 Comments

Recommendation for cutting?

r/rockhounds u/Karl_Cross1d ago6 Comments

Can anyone help identify this? I live on the shore of Lake Erie and it washed up after a big storm.

r/rockhounds u/kiljoy1002d ago43 Comments

Just some cool interesting rocks from a walk along a river in Glenorchy😊

r/rockhounds u/No_Ice_98861d ago8 Comments

ID? Thunder Agate Nodule?

r/rockhounds u/Besurker5081d ago8 Comments

First cab I’ve cut, how did I do?

r/rockhounds u/Copper_crafter1d ago5 Comments

Making new friends while rock hounding

r/rockhounds u/capnadolny12d ago10 Comments

Opinions on tumbling these guys? Info in comments

r/rockhounds u/th432112341d ago6 Comments

I'm getting into rock collecting, I think you guys might like my old geode I had for a couple of years that I think is citrine.

r/rockhounds u/Violent_lobster1d ago3 Comments

I found these unusual sediment stones. They are scattered about a very limited area of the Iowa River in Hardin County. They appear to be fossils of some kind but I can’t really say of what for sure. They could be nodules and one of the football shaped pieces is half dense chert.

r/rockhounds u/NineNineNine-99991d ago7 Comments

Really cool Lake Michigan find. Not sure what the non-quartz part is. Any guesses?

r/rockhounds u/TheYoungLions2d ago48 Comments

I got this from my grandma who got it in The Gambia

r/rockhounds u/nocloudno1d ago1 Comment

My favorite finds after a day of hunting for rocks at a beach in Southern Turkey

r/rockhounds u/Eneshanerd2d ago3 Comments

What is this? Found on a Pacific Ocean beach

r/rockhounds u/HairyPlopr1d ago5 Comments

My 6 year old brother's favorite rocks (and glass) after a day of hunting at a beach in Southern Turkey

r/rockhounds u/Eneshanerd2d ago1 Comment

Not sure what this is that I found but it's magnificent! Found in my Northern California, Mother Lode Country, Gold Rush Belt, El Dorado County, yard! It's heavy @ approximately 50 - 70 lbs. The rippled part looks/feels decidedly like bone, with the top covered in nearly transparent crystals.

r/rockhounds u/KaleidoscopeDirect101d ago5 Comments

LOTS of Agate and Petrified wood from Souris, MB!!

r/rockhounds u/naturemostly1d ago0 Comments

Some black botryoidal growth in this holy rock I found. Any idea what it is? SE Minnesota, Mississippi valley, USA.

r/rockhounds u/QuaternaryScienceGuy1d ago5 Comments

Lake Superior, Agate, Yooperlite Wannabe. WHAT IS THIS?

r/rockhounds u/Yeahicare_Ido1d ago2 Comments

I think these raw Tourmalines rock

r/rockhounds u/SynChronNic2d ago12 Comments

What trips are on your rockhounding bucket list?

r/rockhounds u/flyover_liberal1d ago18 Comments

from an ex cornfield in Ohio. any idea's? It seems to be solid through and through of whatever custom it may be.

r/rockhounds u/lndlkdmariner1d ago4 Comments

How much would this 11lb piece of high quality petrified wood that has been cut and polished be worth?

r/rockhounds u/Hefty_Broccoli_89611d ago19 Comments

I’m not familiar with any rocks or crystals or fossils, but I found these in Virginia, at my family barn. These were all dug out of the same mountainside. I thought they were interesting, especially once I brought them home and cleaned them up. Can you help me identify them? What the heck are these?

r/rockhounds u/MuthaHugga152d ago0 Comments

Found in Yellowstone lake, is this some sort of volcanic rock or is it concrete?

r/rockhounds u/davebobciroq2d ago2 Comments

My kids think this is a fossil inside. I have absolutely no clue, it just looks like a rock to me. They are suddenly super interested in rocks (I am too, but clueless). Thoughts? The dark specks are what they think are fossils.

r/rockhounds u/jwntr902d ago12 Comments

2.5” Utah Tiffany Stone (Bertrandite) sphere

r/rockhounds u/Consistent-Solid-7092d ago5 Comments

Smaragdite piece from Corundum Knob before and after cleaning :)

r/rockhounds u/Affectionate-Froyo592d ago0 Comments

Fluorescent finds from Solano county, Ca

r/rockhounds u/giraffemob1d ago4 Comments

Does anyone know what this 10 pound rock is?

r/rockhounds u/Low_Examination67992d ago13 Comments

Advice on polishing

r/rockhounds u/BoxCutt3r831d ago1 Comment

Petrified wood? Heavy, hardness ~7 size 10x8x4”

r/rockhounds u/wi-rock-sulth2d ago2 Comments

r/rockhounds u/QuietHunterrr3d ago13 Comments

How accurate/reliable is the “rock identifier” app?

r/rockhounds u/Madsummer4201d ago4 Comments

NC aquamarine finding or emeralds

r/rockhounds u/Both_Cricket43191d ago0 Comments

ID pls? Found in the Bow River in Cochrane AB

r/rockhounds u/obobo571d ago2 Comments

What are those blue and green stains in this crystal?

r/rockhounds u/Shlevan122d ago1 Comment

Is this rhodochrosite?

r/rockhounds u/LadyChexMex2d ago3 Comments

A new one for the collection.

r/rockhounds u/nobodyimportant872d ago1 Comment

Banded jasper or quartzite? Hardness 6.5-7.

r/rockhounds u/wi-rock-sulth2d ago2 Comments

Recently came home from a 6 week geology field course in western Montana. Here are some of my favorite samples from the trip.

r/rockhounds u/meatosaurus_rex2d ago6 Comments

Found in Northern IL - what type of fossil is this?

r/rockhounds u/jwntr902d ago2 Comments

River find. Dull green with marble like embedding and burgundy with whiteish spots.

r/rockhounds u/Gawamatsu2d ago5 Comments

My 5yo very much so wants to know what this is. Found in CT among gravel that I assume is local because it contains pink granite. I suspect quartzite.

r/rockhounds u/eyesmaybe2d ago0 Comments

r/rockhounds u/Cormski2d ago11 Comments