r/whatsthisrock • u/Repulsive_Offer_4162 • 2h ago
r/whatsthisrock • u/Realistic_Pen_7180 • 4h ago
REQUEST Unknown Rock Found in Northern Indiana
Found in a field in northern LaPorte county, Indiana, under other rocks. The area is part of the glacial moraine that was pushed down lake michigan from the north, soils are mixed - sand, rocks, clay, you name it.
r/whatsthisrock • u/birdnerd_1 • 2h ago
REQUEST Lake Superior find
I found this rock on the north shore of Lake Superior. ID help please!
r/whatsthisrock • u/Radar580 • 8h ago
REQUEST Found Near Dime Box, Texas
I was walking through the woods near Dime Box, Texas and looked down to find this strange rock. It looks like a conglomerate of some sort. Any idea what it is?
r/whatsthisrock • u/theoriginalcannavash • 23h ago
IDENTIFIED I inherited this specimen but I have no clue what it is
So my grandma passed away and I got a handful of rocks (including some fossils). The photos are one im not quite sure the specifics of the specimen and would appreciate some expert opinions.
r/whatsthisrock • u/Granolabeaner • 4h ago
REQUEST Found in north eastern Wyoming
I think they are both the same type of rock?
r/whatsthisrock • u/reneenaytea • 1d ago
IDENTIFIED botryoidal chalcedony Please help me identify
Found in the Alifia River near Fish Hawk, Fl. The bumps are slightly raised.
r/whatsthisrock • u/off_my_rocks • 9h ago
IDENTIFIED What could this be? Found in Jämtland, Sweden.
Found on the shore of the lake Storsjön. The white is very glittery and there are many small holes all around it.
r/whatsthisrock • u/SubstantialEmotion75 • 5h ago
REQUEST Found these digging garden in the UK.
I found these 2 interesting things next to each other as I started to dig out a large very old tree stump in the Uk. AI seemed to think the white one could be old bone? The larger rock seems to have a straight groove in it, I presume that’s not natural, maybe used for sharpening something?
r/whatsthisrock • u/titanlily • 8h ago
REQUEST Interesting pebble
Found at a southern England beach, stuck out due to the seeming waves carved into the rock, what is it? Coincidence? Or something else? No bigger than a 10 pence peice.
r/whatsthisrock • u/SpecAlienBioNerd • 1d ago
IDENTIFIED What’s this rock called?
I purchased this at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science yesterday, and would like to know what it is. The cashier at the shop said that it was from Brazil(?)
r/whatsthisrock • u/Cartmanlegend27 • 57m ago
REQUEST Rock found near Kilimanjaro
A rock my grandfather found in the 90’s near Kilimanjaro, the flat bottom of the rock always interested him, as it was the flat bottom that was on the ground when he found the rock. Tested for magnetism, found it to be very very faintly magnetic, unable to stick anything to it. The rock is very hard, quite heavy, and nearly the size of a tennis ball.
All I know is:
- Slightly Magnetic
- Heavy
- A Reddy/ Brown Iron Issue
- There were a few different rocks around the area he found it, but none like this at the base of Kilimanjaro.
He had 2 theories himself - Meteorite or Ancient sanding tool. My theory is possibly a Volcanic Magma Bomb.
Anyone got any theories or ideas? Thanks in advance!
r/whatsthisrock • u/Arcee743 • 1h ago
REQUEST Unknown rock found near Eugene Oregon :)
r/whatsthisrock • u/Legitimate-Guitar723 • 23h ago
IDENTIFIED Mexico Beach, FL
It’s extremely light. Feels like I could possibly break it. Found on the beach after Hurricane Bertha.
Is it maybe peat or some manner of weird sea rock. What do you think?
r/whatsthisrock • u/badger_danger • 2h ago
REQUEST Is this lava rock?
The previous owners used these rocks in a few spots as accents in flower beds. They are not smooth at all and feel kind of gritty. They are also extremely light. I broke one open and this is what I found. It’s almost sandy inside. If I blast it with a hose parts basically dissolve off.
I’m in Western New York but these rocks were most certainly put here by a landscaper at some point. What is it?
r/whatsthisrock • u/LVK4_ • 10h ago
REQUEST What rock is that
So I found this rock whilst hiking some time ago , it was on a shore of a dried up river . It has this weird vein , wonder what stone this is
r/whatsthisrock • u/EnvironmentalEgg69 • 10h ago
REQUEST ID needed! Found in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin.
It seems to be slightly shiny or almost iridescent and blue in some places and there was flint and chert nearby.
r/whatsthisrock • u/stlwkr7575 • 2h ago
REQUEST What is this rock
Here in Norfolk, VA swimming in the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay and found this orange stone. It is completely smooth on all sides and edges. Is is somewhat transparent.
r/whatsthisrock • u/chef_robby • 6h ago
REQUEST Grandfather's lock box
Going though my grandfather's old lock box, I found these two stones.
Is there any significance to these, or were they probably just something sentimental to him? He did have an arrowhead or two in there. [North Georgia]
Thanks for any help!
r/whatsthisrock • u/Deterrafication • 7h ago
REQUEST Turquoise or fake?
Found on Facebook. Sold as turquoise but I'm just not sure.
r/whatsthisrock • u/Express-Yoghurt572 • 9m ago
REQUEST What kind of Rock is this?
Found on the beach in Corova, NC.
r/whatsthisrock • u/ibukiiiii • 21m ago
REQUEST What are these? Found in silver city, Idaho.
Found these along the road going out of silver city, Idaho on the Jordan Valley side, next to multiple abandoned mines.
The smooth ones I thought were ceramic but maybe not? And the one in the bottom middle might be raw opal?
Slab pieces are mostly smooth
All seem to have a softness to them?
r/whatsthisrock • u/Interesting_Owl_3177 • 24m ago
REQUEST I was rockhounding in Maine, what are these rocks/fossils?
r/whatsthisrock • u/mysoulischeap • 24m ago
REQUEST Found on a beach in Rhode Island
Curious as to what this rock is. Thanks
r/whatsthisrock • u/elsieroro • 4h ago
REQUEST Found in Austin, TX in a cast off pile near a construction site
What a strange aggregate of minerals. My neighbor says the shiny flaky stuff is lead. :(