r/whatsthisrock • • 1h ago

REQUEST Looking for help identifying this rock which I found near Phoenix Arizona.

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r/whatsthisrock • • 1h ago

REQUEST I found this in a parking lot, southern Ontario. Is it anything?

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r/whatsthisrock • • 2h ago

REQUEST Is this Jasper?

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Found in central Mississippi in my yard(for reference on the appearance before cleaning up it’s on the top of the bag of dirty ones in the 3rd image )


r/whatsthisrock • • 2h ago

REQUEST What is it?

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r/whatsthisrock • • 3h ago

REQUEST My mom gave me this bracelet and I'm curious about it

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She didn't pay much, I'm almost certain it's stone/gem (doesn't get warm easily, unless it's glass??).

It doesn't get damaged by metal, and it's slightly translucent under a light (but barely, it's very opaque).

Usually bracelets like this are made by dyed agate, but I'm not sure it is.

Any thoughts?


r/whatsthisrock • • 3h ago

REQUEST Found So.MS.

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r/whatsthisrock • • 4h ago

REQUEST What is that rock? Found at the beach, the weird thing is that it glows red in uv light.. any id?

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The second picture us from a microscope, it has some tiny crystals scattered here and there


r/whatsthisrock • • 4h ago

REQUEST Found in Hildesheim, Germany

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Can you tell me, what this is? My brother found it in his garden in Hildesheim, Germany.


r/whatsthisrock • • 5h ago

REQUEST identifying various tumbled rocks Need help identifying a few rocks

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These were all found by my grandpa on various local beaches in Humboldt County, Ca. He's also the one who tumbled them. I'm getting either green garnierite or moonstone as answers to the 1st. 2nd I'm assuming is some type of brecciated jasper. 4th one has a million different answers when I image search it. 5th one looks like polychrome jasper, or bloodstone, but obviously that's not geographically possible, so 🤷‍♀️ i have a ton of different jaspers, but I have like maybe 3 or 4 that look exactly like this one. 6th one (more purple than appears) gives me moonstone with an imagine search, until I turn it over and it's like a whole different stone apparently. I genuinely thought 7 was an agate, since it looks like a ton of other agates I have, but light doesn't pass through it at all. Image search answers for 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13 were all "moonstone". Unsure of the others, but 12 and 13 (last 4 pics) look like jasp-agates to me. Oh yeah, these are all smooth btw (since they've been polished), so they all feel the same. Pls help a girl out lol


r/whatsthisrock • • 5h ago

REQUEST Fossil?

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Found in Everett, WA: the distinct black striping reminds me of a shell. Is this a clam fossil or something?


r/whatsthisrock • • 6h ago

REQUEST Help ID . I found it on a beach in Texas.

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r/whatsthisrock • • 6h ago

REQUEST identifying tumbled rocks Need help identifying a few tumbled rocks

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For context, these were all found by my grandpa at various local beaches in Humboldt County Ca. He tumbled and polished them. To me, they all appear pretty similar (especially the last 2), but only the 3rd one passes light through. Not sure if the first is just aventurine or what, but image search is extremely unhelpful, so any ideas?


r/whatsthisrock • • 8h ago

REQUEST Breccia?

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r/whatsthisrock • • 8h ago

REQUEST Breccia?

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Couple more from Grandpa's pile I think this one's obvious enough though I'll be donating the big one


r/whatsthisrock • • 8h ago

REQUEST What is it?

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I recently inherited my grandmother’s rock collection and I’m hoping to learn a little bit about a couple of pieces. Thank thank you in advance!


r/whatsthisrock • • 8h ago

REQUEST Blue rock in WNC

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I find these in a nearby river all the time. They're blue in the water and grey when dry. Smokey quartz maybe?? Thank you!!

(My camera is broken, apologies)


r/whatsthisrock • • 8h ago

REQUEST Does anyone know what type of crystal is?

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It’s from Brazil!


r/whatsthisrock • • 9h ago

REQUEST Free gifts from Afghanistan seller

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Smokey quartz garnet and peridot?


r/whatsthisrock • • 9h ago

REQUEST What is it??

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I recently inherited my grandmother’s rock and crystal collection and I’m really curious about what this one is. Thank you in advance!


r/whatsthisrock • • 9h ago

REQUEST Is this 'uppers' change of strata of coal?

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r/whatsthisrock • • 9h ago

REQUEST What is this please

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r/whatsthisrock • • 9h ago

REQUEST What kind of rocks are these

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They were found on walnut beach in ct


r/whatsthisrock • • 10h ago

REQUEST Weird Carnotite?

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My camera and the light does the yellow no justice.

Found in Garfield county Colorado near East Rifle Creek area where two old uranium mines are. It was in a pull-out a couple miles south of the mines.

I've explored a 15 mile radius around the mines (never been able to explore the mines themselves because the owners do not allow it at all and there are cameras), and have never seen rocks like this in that area.

The yellow is powdery, but not easy to scratch off. From what I understand, carnotite can get in between the smallest spaces of sandstone and over take it so that it looks like sandstone? A couple areas of the yellow it appears like a crust, the rest is like it's sandstone. I believe the black bits are carboniferous trash.

I know a Geiger would tell me immediately, but until I get one, I was just seeing if anyone who has explored Colorado/Colorado Plateau uranium mines has seen anything like this before, or knows exactly what it is.


r/whatsthisrock • • 11h ago

REQUEST Is this real turquoise?

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I bought this from a rock cutter in New Mexico. He said it was Bisbee, but it doesn’t look like the Bisbee I’m used to seeing. Additionally I’m now wondering if this is some kind of dyed howlite or something due to the lack of spider webbing.

Did I get ripped off?


r/whatsthisrock • • 12h ago

REQUEST Colombia. Los Andes. What rock is this.

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My uncle found this rock near to a river in the mountains.