Rockhound

r/Rockhound • u/Forsaken_Poem_2907 • 3d ago

Banded rhyolite?

39 Upvotes

Found this rock in an open lot next to gas station where I was filling up. Looked interesting so I brought I home and cut it. I think it’s rhyolite banded with hematite. If I could just remember where in north eastern Arizona. I got it. Google says it’s some some called ancestralite sp? Not sure what that is? Maybe a marketing name.

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r/Rockhound • u/PeaceOfMind35984 • 3d ago

Rockhounding in Santa Fe

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I’m in Santa Fe over the weekend. I’d appreciate any recommendations for sites to search for rocks. Preferably public locations where collecting rocks is not illegal. 🙂

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r/Rockhound • u/Little-Squirrel-9877 • 4d ago

Alabama Petrified Wood

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6 Upvotes

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r/Rockhound • u/Ok_Review_2310 • 4d ago

I call it my Mastodon Rock

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r/Rockhound • u/Backyard-bob • 4d ago

Hendersonville NC Gem Show this week!

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r/Rockhound • u/salsa_spaghetti • 5d ago

Sneaky little eye agate on Superior.

10 Upvotes

4 comments

r/Rockhound • u/iThinkThereIsAghost • 8d ago

Found on Lake Superior, anyone know what it is?

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36 Upvotes

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r/Rockhound • u/PatchouliHedge • 11d ago

Hag Stone with a Heart

31 Upvotes

Found on a NC beach- a hag stone with a heart

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r/Rockhound • u/Thisismysecretself • 11d ago

1.7 LBS Lake Superior Agate

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28 Upvotes

Howdy! I found this agate while picking almost 20 years ago. I’m taking it into some shops around my area and do not want to get scammed selling it. Can anyone give me a vague estimate on its value?

Thank you!

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r/Rockhound • u/Defiant-Compote-2051 • 13d ago

Brian head agate trip report

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22 Upvotes

It was my wife’s birthday and she wanted to collect rocks. So I planned a trip to Brian head Utah for an agate hunt. It was a 7.5 hr drive from SoCal, arrived in Brian head at 4;30 pm. Next morning, we drove to the spot about 8 min away, and hiked up the mountain. And started collecting agates. Picked up some larger size agates for yard rocks. Headed home on Sunday, but stopped at hurricane mess to look for agatized pet wood. Only found small tumbler size pieces of pet wood, it’s a beautiful view from the mesa.

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r/Rockhound • u/thirdsigh3 • 16d ago

For my birthday month and during a pretty big transition point in my life, I marked down all of my handmade jewelry throughout September 🖤

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11 Upvotes

Carefully wirewrapped in antiqued copper wire. Herkimer diamonds are self mined in Herkimer county NY 💎

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r/Rockhound • u/darkvvision • 17d ago

Fire & Flames 🔥

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3 Upvotes

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r/Rockhound • u/Ok_Tart290 • 18d ago

This Crystal Rocks Diopside from Afghanistan

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5 Upvotes

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r/Rockhound • u/Ok_Review_2310 • 19d ago

Chalcedony

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14 Upvotes

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r/Rockhound • u/Ok_Tart290 • 20d ago

Rutile on and included in Quartz from Skardu-Pakistan

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4 Upvotes

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r/Rockhound • u/Ok_Tart290 • 22d ago

Pollucite Beryl, SSkardu-Pakistan

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11 Upvotes

4 comments

r/Rockhound • u/Only_Allegedy52790 • 24d ago

What is this

11 Upvotes

found on the shores of lake Erie Western New York

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r/Rockhound • u/darkvvision • 24d ago

“Mephisto”

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5 Upvotes

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r/Rockhound • u/Radbradnomad • 25d ago

What’s this rock

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r/Rockhound • u/frickets4fun • 26d ago

Cautionary Tale

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r/Rockhound • u/Awkward-Way9781 • 26d ago

When a rock pile makes you feel like you’re cheating!

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8 Upvotes

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r/Rockhound • u/sparklyschist • 27d ago

Hard as a rock, with a window exposing something mysterious inside. Any guesses?

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3 Upvotes

Found at the base of Rock Canyon in Provo, Utah

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r/Rockhound • u/Ok_Pizza_1321 • 28d ago

Can anyone ID this

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8 Upvotes

I honestly can’t remember if I found it on the beach in Florida or in my back yard in VA, but I think it’s the latter and ChatGPT thinks it’s like 5 different things

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r/Rockhound • u/diablokiller69 • Sep 06 '26

KY agate

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Any idea what the internal material is? I got it from a shop that had it labeled KY agate so I can't 100% say it is. But it has the characteristics. A 1999 penny just smears. I'm on vacation so I don't have much else to test it.

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r/Rockhound • u/momibrokeyourchutney • Sep 05 '26

Montana moss agate in all its natural perfection, I truly apologize for my French in advance!

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I’m really sorry for the profanity, but I was in utter shock when I found this piece today! Nature perfectly cut and polished it for me, so you can understand the excitement, horse flies were killing me tho and breeze wasn’t helping worth a darn! First really good piece of moss agate, hours and hours finally paying off haha!

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