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Rock Identification Help

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new	Utah "Barite Nodule" - Actually Grape Agate Pages: 1 2

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new	Likely quartz with "I don't know what"

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new	Purple in chert???

howgneiss

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new	Blue with Inclusions ID Help

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new	Name of this jasper?

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by hoolligan1938
Nov 9, 2022 18:23:39 GMT -5

new	rock to ponder

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new	Sagenite or palm bog?

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new	Lotsa Layers SOLVED, and sawed Pages: 1 2

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by rmf
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new	Metallic specimens

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new	The estate sale challenge! Pages: 1 2

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by catmandewe
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new	More estate sale pieces

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by hummingbirdstones2
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new	Help identify unknown

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new	Photobomb Cab Caught My Eye - Looking For ID

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new	Rock ID and question

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by realrockhound
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new	I'm clueless what this is!

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new	Old Estate Help - Gem Silica?

lapidarycentral

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by hoolligan1938
Oct 24, 2022 10:01:57 GMT -5

new	Petrified Wood I think

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Oct 23, 2022 22:13:59 GMT -5

new	Help Identify unknown

victor1941

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by victor1941
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new	Help Identify

victor1941

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by lapidarycentral
Oct 23, 2022 21:59:00 GMT -5

new	Unknown-Help identify!

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Oct 23, 2022 21:58:11 GMT -5

new	Unknown strange petrified wood

victor1941

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by Sabre52
Oct 23, 2022 15:58:08 GMT -5

new	Identify needed

victor1941

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new	Identify another unknown

victor1941

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by Sabre52
Oct 23, 2022 15:52:45 GMT -5

new	Quartz and ?

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by fernwood
Oct 23, 2022 3:50:48 GMT -5

new	Another unknown

victor1941

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by rmf
Oct 22, 2022 18:09:30 GMT -5

new	Please help identify

victor1941

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by rockjunquie
Oct 22, 2022 16:40:21 GMT -5

new	Thunderegg matrix from Little Naches, WA

Sabre52

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by Sabre52
Oct 20, 2022 16:59:13 GMT -5

new	Please Identify and advise

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by pebblesky
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new	Whats these?

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new	Cab ID Needed - Quartzish

fernwood

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Oct 18, 2022 15:06:44 GMT -5

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