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Tommy

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by rockbrain
Oct 5, 2022 14:56:36 GMT -5

new	BEFORE YOU POST How to ID rocks with 6 tests

rockjunquie

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by rockjunquie
Sept 2, 2020 17:49:47 GMT -5

new	Little help guys and gals

vance71975

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by vance71975
Oct 6, 2022 22:39:49 GMT -5

new	Bucket of fun Pages: 1 2

ericabelle

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by ericabelle
Oct 6, 2022 22:12:34 GMT -5

new	Looks like biggs

ashley

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by ashley
Oct 6, 2022 21:39:06 GMT -5

new	Grays River SW Washington

MrPocket

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by perkins17
Oct 6, 2022 10:27:46 GMT -5

new	South Dakota Trip - help needed to ID rocks.

thisislandearth

by thisislandearth
Oct 6, 2022 9:49:55 GMT -5

new	Green-Blue unknown

bunnyfights

by bunnyfights
Oct 6, 2022 8:54:50 GMT -5

new	Eastern Oregon ID assistance

JR8675309

by JR8675309
Oct 6, 2022 8:50:22 GMT -5

new	I'm clueless what this is!

susand24224

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by JR8675309
Oct 6, 2022 8:35:09 GMT -5

new	Question regarding testing of rocks - ( not minerals )

thisislandearth

by thisislandearth
Oct 6, 2022 8:13:29 GMT -5

new	Is this a petrified bone?

pebblesky

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by hummingbirdstones2
Oct 5, 2022 19:13:48 GMT -5

new	Got an Odd one for yall to ID.

vance71975

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by vance71975
Oct 2, 2022 23:41:51 GMT -5

new	Whats these?

ashley

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by ashley
Oct 2, 2022 9:35:34 GMT -5

new	Probably a shot in the dark here. Thunder Egg ID.

quartzilla

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by pebblesky
Oct 1, 2022 21:47:23 GMT -5

new	Sandstone?

ashley

by ashley
Sept 30, 2022 20:26:49 GMT -5

new	What are these?

ashley

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by nursetumbler
Sept 30, 2022 11:59:37 GMT -5

new	What kind of agates are these? - SOLVED -Desert Chalcedony

ericabelle

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by 1dave
Sept 29, 2022 11:34:20 GMT -5

new	Stump the Pros - The Water Line rocks

NevadaBill

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by vegasjames
Sept 28, 2022 16:58:42 GMT -5

new	light greenish / tan & soft

liveoak

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by liveoak
Sept 26, 2022 17:13:18 GMT -5

new	Id help please

vance71975

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by rmf
Sept 23, 2022 21:06:46 GMT -5

new	What are these banded layers in quartz?

ericabelle

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by pebblesky
Sept 23, 2022 20:18:59 GMT -5

new	Something I found in one of my dirt piles

rob58

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by rob58
Sept 20, 2022 18:49:33 GMT -5

new	So this is what the Geologist said about my rock.

vance71975

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by vance71975
Sept 20, 2022 16:01:01 GMT -5

new	Please help with identification. :)

Gabriel_GER

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by markb
Sept 19, 2022 16:26:03 GMT -5

new	Banded... Quartzite? Rhyolite? Otherite?

bunnyfights

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by nursetumbler
Sept 19, 2022 14:56:35 GMT -5

new	Question - Black Jasper?

bunnyfights

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by bunnyfights
Sept 19, 2022 9:09:18 GMT -5

new	Cool Green rock any guesses on what it is?

vance71975

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by vance71975
Sept 18, 2022 14:09:54 GMT -5

new	Purple and Gold odd duck - Tastes like Jasper.

bunnyfights

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by bunnyfights
Sept 15, 2022 10:00:37 GMT -5

new	Another Id I need help with please

vance71975

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by vance71975
Sept 8, 2022 19:49:20 GMT -5

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