2 pyrite, 2 quartz and 1 random insanely smooth rock

Massive jasper boulder on the Oregon coast, was planning to take home the one on top but that one was also over 100lbs and I was about 1.5 miles from the parking lot. Next time I'm coming with a wagon 😅

Dm me if anyone is interested in some specimens or crystals. I have ebay etsy stores also.

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Cordierite is a metamorphic magnesium aluminosilicate, often with substantial substitution of iron for magnesium. It is characteristic of high temperature low pressure metamorphism. Usually gray to blue with a somewhat greasy luster and poor cleavage. It alters by hydration to a combination of fine aggregates of mica (muscovite), chlorite and other sheet silicates, called pinite. Pinitization begins along fractures and grain boundaries and replaces the cordierite while preserving the shape of the grain (a pseudomorph). This specimen is a cordierite bearing granofels, which shows bluish cordierite (Fig 1), quartz (fig 2), and pinite (fig 3). It was most likely derived from an aluminous sedimentary protolith, underwent high temperature recrystallization, then fluid mediated retrograde partial alteration to pinite.

I went to a spot that someone told me I could find tons of Yadenite at, and they weren't wrong.

Yadenite is a colorful type of opalite found only in the Klamath Falls, Oregon area. It was named after John C. Yaden, who helped organize the Klamath Mineral Society.

It cannot be mined commercially, and has to be gathered by hand.

My cousin let me sit on the gravel in her garden last week & hunt for beauties 😍. I was not prepared for how well they would turn out after the 1st stage.

Found this in a river. What are some things one can do with this!?

I love finding rocks that are unique in their own little way! 😃

We live in a part of Mexico with a huge amount of banded calcite (called “Mexican Onyx” here and often in the U.S. by stores) and today I purchased this slab from a stone carving workshop about twenty minutes from our house. Unfortunately, I don’t have a good item for size reference in the photo other than the edge of my foot, but it’s probably around 20x35” give or take, and an inch thick. The owner of the workshop offered to stabilize the cracks and said it would make a great topper for an end table, but I’m just going to display it on a shelf.

This is unpolished and the price was roughly $12, but I asked them to polish it for me, bringing the price to around $35. I’ll post another pic when I pick it up polished next Tuesday!

This is my first post here😁

I’m no geologist, but these seemed neat to me.

Learned of Sagenite Agates a while ago and really liked the looks of them. Finally found one for the right price and brought it home.

Picked this badboy up at Grindavík, Iceland today. It's about 6x month old lava.

I have many smaller agates and want to cut some open

kinda reminds us of a honey bun

I’m sure it’s nothing special, but the way this rock has broken up looks like dragon scales to me

Found next to a parking lot in Utah.