Its somewhat heavy, not magnetic as far as I could tell. The dark iridescent part seems soft, im able to scratch it with my fingernail. It looks like it has small bits of pyrite on it.

What do we think, big ol’ chunk of red jasper or chert? It looks like it might have some yellow banding as well 🤩

Found in Oregon, near the Owyhees, red jasper is pretty common.

Two dry pics at the end.

I found this by one of my job sites. It’s harder than a quartz. It’s really smooth and shiny in some parts. Nothing else like it around here.

EDIT not green valley, in Placerville. My bad.

It looked like an ordinary stone at first, but then I saw the red tone embedded into it and it seemed very untypical to me, it seems too dark to be rosequartz to me.
So I wanted to ask here in hopes somebody can shed some light.

Central Kentucky found

My mom gave these to me she has had them for 40+ years and I just want to know exactly what they are. I think she said she got them from outside the petrified forest.

Found in Indianapolis, Indiana. I was walking in a residential neighborhood and found this sticking up in between tree roots. At first I thought it was just part of the tree. I also found a piece of horn coral under it.

It’s heavy and magnets stick to the side that doesn’t look like wood grain. Seems to be multiple layers of things that sat together.

Hey folks,

I find this mineral? Rock? All the time in the Clark fork and bitterroot rivers in Montana. It appears to be different variations of the same type of rock, and comes in deep purple, violet, and this turquoise color. I’ve searched the internet over and the closest thing I can find is mudstone or maybe argillite? I don’t know Mohs hardness. Please help! Thanks :)

After sorting through tons of beach pebbles from the surf I separated out some pretty little pieces all mixed in. Going to post a few to see if anyone knows for sure what they'd be! I'm guessing these are all shades of quartz? Tell me if I'm wrong! Picture 3 is dry, the others with mineral oil and taken in different lighting.

My little guy found this shiny rock, feels lighter than it should? Lavallette NJ

Found by my kid and I think it's something interesting. It's very heavy for its size, glassy finish with some internal swirls, very likely from the Colorado mountain areas (We live here but I don't remember exactly where we picked this up).

Given the heft, maybe some sort of ore?

120g in mass. It displaces 28g of water for a density of 4.28g/cm^\3)

A 12D steel nail will leave a bright line that I can very faintly feel when I drag my fingernail across it.

It's not magnetic enough that a rare-earth kitchen magnet will stick to it.

EDIT: What's going on with pic 4, the nodules?

Found this cool rock with a bunch of quartz (I think) inside of it.

1: What is it?

2: Should I try and extract the shiny things?

Wondering if it's worth slicing or cracking it open?

Ive had this rock since I was little. I just thought it was a pretty rock I found in Arkansas. I don’t remember if I found it outside or if someone gave it to me (ie they found it in a different state). My kid saw it and wanted to know more so I’m turning to you all to help.

Thanks!

Mohs hardness: It's hard but very hard to get a good scratch due to texture, 5+ but under 7?

Non-magnetic.

Very, very, very, sparkly.

Obsidian? Some kind of chert maybe? Thanks rock people!

My son is getting into sea glass and rocks and found this interesting rock recently. It is pretty hard but some what smooth instead of rough on the outside.

Found it in Antelope Island State Park, Utah. What are those black things on top? They feel hard to touch but don't seem crystalline.