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Rock Identification Help

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new	Not sure I believe the sign...

taylor

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by rmf
Jan 31, 2020 4:17:15 GMT -5

new	Type of Coral

oldschoolrocker

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by oldschoolrocker
Jan 30, 2020 8:37:46 GMT -5

new	What Is This

Dr DG

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by rmf
Jan 29, 2020 21:38:18 GMT -5

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2 for id

toiv0

476

by MsAli
Jan 25, 2020 13:25:22 GMT -5

new	Mystery slabs

joshuamcduffie

527

by joshuamcduffie
Jan 24, 2020 21:11:55 GMT -5

new	Slab I.D. needed

Drummond Island Rocks

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by captbob
Jan 17, 2020 10:27:27 GMT -5

new	ID help on this rock... Pages: 1 2

knave

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by knave
Jan 16, 2020 3:53:22 GMT -5

new	Apache Gold ?

MsAli

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by MsAli
Jan 14, 2020 21:26:22 GMT -5

new	Does anyone recognize this?

taylor

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by taylor
Jan 12, 2020 22:08:54 GMT -5

new	can anyone I.D.?

ben86

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by rmf
Jan 12, 2020 19:47:44 GMT -5

new	Blue Slabs forID

fernwood

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by Deleted
Jan 11, 2020 14:20:51 GMT -5

new	Started working a piece of this at lunch

miket

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by miket
Jan 10, 2020 19:23:20 GMT -5

new	I Linguistic confoundment

whyofquartz

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by Deleted
Jan 10, 2020 14:23:01 GMT -5

new	Weird looking beads

lancemountain

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by lancemountain
Jan 10, 2020 14:21:21 GMT -5

new

pyrite?

ben86

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by NevadaBill
Jan 9, 2020 13:40:33 GMT -5

new	Small boulder with ? running through it?

NevadaBill

510

by NevadaBill
Jan 8, 2020 17:41:14 GMT -5

new	how to identify Rocks

whyofquartz

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by rmf
Jan 2, 2020 22:00:04 GMT -5

new

I.D.??

ben86

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by ben86
Jan 2, 2020 7:59:01 GMT -5

new	Petrified Wood ID

wpotterw

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by woodman
Dec 31, 2019 17:11:58 GMT -5

new	Green and metallic. Is it Pet Wood?

Getta Grip

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by RickB
Dec 28, 2019 22:30:05 GMT -5

new	Green slab

toiv0

510

by hummingbirdstones2
Dec 26, 2019 20:37:45 GMT -5

new	2 for ID pls Pages: 1 2

oldschoolrocker

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by oldschoolrocker
Dec 16, 2019 13:00:54 GMT -5

new	Not sure exactly but leaning toward Owyhee

EricD

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by EricD
Dec 15, 2019 22:59:34 GMT -5

new	Once again I find that I don't know everything

wampidytoo

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by hummingbirdstones2
Dec 13, 2019 8:24:36 GMT -5

new	cherokee county , GA Pages: 1 2

ben86

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by ben86
Dec 12, 2019 17:30:23 GMT -5

new	Tarmacite? Asphaltine? An actual Rock?

whyofquartz

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by whyofquartz
Dec 10, 2019 7:44:07 GMT -5

new	Not so much what but how

whyofquartz

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by knave
Dec 8, 2019 12:15:47 GMT -5

new	What is this? Jade? Variscite?

rmeyerstx

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by RWA3006
Dec 6, 2019 23:26:00 GMT -5

new	I thought this was petrified wood

whyofquartz

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by dmitryseliv
Dec 6, 2019 12:34:47 GMT -5

new	Green Cab Turquoise or Variscite?

fernwood

322

by fernwood
Dec 4, 2019 13:25:53 GMT -5

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