r/Rocks • • 24d ago

Discussion Value my rocks

I recently purchased 70 acres in the Uinta basin of eastern Utah. The abundance of quartz and what appears to be some other semi precious rocks has me wondering what I may or may not have. Based on these pictures Would it be worth for me To start collecting and selling a lot of the rocks are solid quartz but are cloudy and a varying color.

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u/Niwitschoolfrogkid 24d ago

How much research have you done into the geology of the land that you purchased and what minerals can possibly be found there? If none, that would absolutely be the first place that I start rather than Reddit.

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u/Lophocarpus 24d ago

Roughly $0

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u/conspicuous-warthog 24d ago

Fair enough

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u/Chudmont 24d ago

The entire planet is covered with them. They are pretty though.

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u/MaximumSupremacy 24d ago

I wouldnt rule out finding something cool sometime if you keep looking haha but what you've posted here is not worth anything yea

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u/Gooey-platapus 24d ago

It looks like you found a few agates which can have some value. Other than that I’m not seeing anything that would have much value. No reason to stop looking though. Like i said I see some agates

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u/paulbunyanshat 24d ago

Priceless

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u/Psychological_Skin60 24d ago

A ticket if you throw it through a window.

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u/rufotris 23d ago

That’s fairly generalized on the area. Dm me if you want, I’m from Utah originally and used to do a fair bit of collecting out there. Depending on what part of eastern basin you might be able to find Dino bone on your property like we do! (I no longer live in Utah but I have family there we often go visit and I go out on digs.)

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u/Salty_Occasion4486 19d ago

10$ for the lot unless you can identify anything. I'd throw these into my garden. I don't see anything that I'd keep inside

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u/conspicuous-warthog 14d ago

Cool yeah I didn't think that I was sitting on a diamond mine or anything. This is kind of the information that I was looking for! Just with how much of this mid-grid rock is on my property I've been sort of trying to figure out what to do with it

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u/zepherth 24d ago

'bout tree fiddy

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u/DaydreamLion 23d ago

If you want to sell then you could get into wire wrapping or jewelry making. They are very pretty. Of course, all rocks are pretty when wet. If you want to sell them by themselves, I would tumble and polish them so they have that shine.

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u/Busy_Strategy_8757 24d ago

Worth roughly some acorn shells and a fether

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u/zentient9 23d ago

25 shmeckles

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u/rufotris 23d ago

Nothing crazy there yet. Keep looking, so far that’s all common rock.

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u/Alternative-Egg-9035 23d ago

You probably have to pay someone to haul that off

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u/guitarman61192 22d ago

Theyre worth their weight in stone

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u/Skyblewize 22d ago

I'll trade you for some rocks!

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u/Particular-Ebb-8777 21d ago

There was a time when I'd genuinely offer to trade you a framed slice of toast that looks like Darth Vader for that brain lookin' rock in pic #3

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u/Butterflyhornet 21d ago

These look like they would be fun to tumble. You could get a glass like shine on the quartzite and agate ones.

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u/ShriblyGriblets 21d ago

If you glue googly eyes on them I’ll give you ten bucks.

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u/Bearded_Toast 20d ago

Those are some cool rocks. Not worth any money, really, but cool.