please help identify these rocks

twostorms off to a rocking start Member since June 2005 Posts: 10	please help identify these rocks Jun 13, 2005 18:41:47 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by twostorms on Jun 13, 2005 18:41:47 GMT -5 If anyone can identify any of these rocks I would really appreciate it. I am new at rock hounding and haven't got a clue as to what I have but they sure do look pretty, LOL Bob
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cuervo73
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please help identify these rocks Jun 13, 2005 19:47:05 GMT -5

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Post by cuervo73 on Jun 13, 2005 19:47:05 GMT -5

Hmm twostorms.. kinda hard to see the grain without better closeup shots. But, I'll hazard a guess on some:

1st pic: little red rock at the center could be jasper;
lower right might be a gray granite. or might be
a battered, chipped schist, depending upon the
grain and minerals it has within.
2nd pic: the upper center white one looks to be quartz;
the yellow rock at mid-center could also be jasper.
3rd pic: the upper right looks like pink granite, pink
part being plagioclase feldspar.
You might want to do a hardness test on all of them too.
ed

twostorms off to a rocking start Member since June 2005 Posts: 10	please help identify these rocks Jun 13, 2005 23:20:06 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by twostorms on Jun 13, 2005 23:20:06 GMT -5 Thanks Ed, I'll try to get some better close-ups tomorrow and try the hardness test too. I appreciate your input! twostorms

fatrichie has rocks in the head Member since July 2004 Posts: 651	please help identify these rocks Jun 13, 2005 23:21:08 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by fatrichie on Jun 13, 2005 23:21:08 GMT -5 Hey twostorms, where did you collect these if you don't mind me asking??

twostorms off to a rocking start Member since June 2005 Posts: 10	please help identify these rocks Jun 13, 2005 23:23:42 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by twostorms on Jun 13, 2005 23:23:42 GMT -5 I got them in Glendive Montana on the banks of the yellowstone river, right next to a set of rail road tracks, ya got any idea what I have here? Bob

stefan Cave Dweller Member since January 2005 Posts: 14,113	please help identify these rocks Jun 15, 2005 10:51:30 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by stefan on Jun 15, 2005 10:51:30 GMT -5 Not sure- but some cool looking stuff!
	I can't tell if thats some Gneiss Schist, or that Schist is Gneiss. All I know is don't take it for Granite

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