Anyone collect rocks?

topstuf

Lithotripsy.

Tetromibi

@topstuf said:
Lithotripsy.

Been there, done that...owwwww

Stuart

@Batman23 Those are very nice examples of Garnet Crystals in Mica Schist matrix that look like the type found in the Fort Wrangell, Alaska area.

See following great web site link for reference:
https://www.mindat.org/loc-11458.html

@Batman23 said:
I pick up some rocks... every once in a while... well, kinda somewhat often...quite often actually! Is there a cure for that?

Here are a few I have found.

Batman23

@Stuart said:
@Batman23 Those are very nice examples of Garnet Crystals in Mica Schist matrix that look like the type found in the Fort Wrangell, Alaska area.

See following great web site link for reference:
https://www.mindat.org/loc-11458.html

@Batman23 said:
I pick up some rocks... every once in a while... well, kinda somewhat often...quite often actually! Is there a cure for that?

Here are a few I have found.

Spot on! You know your crystals. The Wrangell garnet shape is very distinctive.

Pickwickjr

Yale Peabody Museum just amazing!

Stuart

Those Yale Peabody Museum Mineral Specimens are beautiful!! 😁👍.

Was that museum named after this👇Mr. Peabody?😁LOL🤣

metalmeister

Looks like a lot of us coin collectors are rock hounds too!

amwldcoin

I can't remember whether I collected insects or rocks 1st when I was a kid. All it cost was time and met my budget as a youngster!

Rooster1

Septarian Nodule

Stuart

@Rooster1 Those Septarian Nodules really brighten up to look beautiful when carved or slabbed, and then polished!😁👍 (Not my Specimens)

topstuf

What's a septarian nodule made of? Or how is it formed. Interesting structure.

Stuart

@topstuf said:
What's a septarian nodule made of? Or how is it formed. Interesting structure.

@TopStuf Here’s The Answer👇to your above quoted question:

CollectorBonEZ

Rooster1

@Stuart said:
@Rooster1 Those Septarian Nodules really brighten up to look beautiful when carved or slabbed, and then polished!😁👍 (Not my Specimens)

Thanks for the info, You really know a lot about rocks.

Stuart

@Rooster1 said:
Thanks for the info, You really know a lot about rocks.

@Rooster1 You’re very welcome!! — MS & BS in Degrees in Geology come in handy sometimes!😁👍

Sweetpie

Here's my amateur rock collection:

ifthevamzarockin

Tunis

I would love to find a fossil shell. I have found sea urchins and oyster shells here in South Texas but nothing compares to those.

Kkathyl

Beach rocks count?

Stuart

Ken, I suppose your son would professionally genetically classify that👇Rock as a Leverite

@Fairlaneman said:
The whole family are Rockhounds. Below is a Rock that my oldest son calls junk.
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Tunis

Ahhh yes, the classic leverite find!! For those not in the know, these are finds that you should “leave her right there” as not being collectible. Found many small pieces of petrified wood and broken shells on the beach that meet this definition.

Stuart

@Tunis Well played — I was waiting for someone to pick up on my covert Leverite comment!😁😂

@Tunis said:
Ahhh yes, the classic leverite find!! For those not in the know, these are finds that you should “leave her right there” as not being collectible.

ACop

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topstuf

Gee. Odes.

Stuart

Rock👇Music!! 😉🤣 LOL!! 😂👍

@ACop said:

AUandAG

If you have grandkids you get to collect rocks: