Collecting Cool Rocks! Minerals, Crystals, Fossils, Geodes, etc.

[CluckNDoodle]

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Have you ever been walking through a park, on a hike, or walking down a beach when a rock caught your eye? One that seemed special enough that it couldn't be left behind? That's where rock collecting starts for many of us! People that go out to collect their own rocks are often called "Rock Hounds" but some of us can't stop at collecting rocks in our general area and start branching off buying, and trading rocks and minerals from all over the world!

I got the rock collecting bug really young when I kept small stones that I thought were pretty and especially loved smooth, shiny stones that had been rounded from time in the ocean as the waves and sand washed over them.

Now that I've been collecting for many years I've acquired some really interesting specimens. Including fluorescent and even phosphorescent stones and geodes!

I also find all of the different formations really interesting. The image below is all examples of clear quartz, a geode, clusters, points, and a tumbled stone. All very different formations and clarity, yet they are the same!

Some of my fossils and petrified wood.

I would love to see some of what you collect too!

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[CHlCKEN]

Haven’t read the post yet but I’m here

 

[MysteryChicken]

Trilobite.

Bone

 

[MysteryChicken]

I have more stuff too.

 

[CluckNDoodle]

Trilobite.
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Cool!

I have more stuff too.

Do share! Do you collect your own? Dig through rock shops? Trade with others? Do tell! I basically do all of the above now, lol.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Grey agate.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Cool!



Do share! Do you collect your own? Dig through rock shops? Trade with others? Do tell! I basically do all of the above now, lol.

I find my own mainly. Sometimes I buy some, or go through the gemstone dig kits.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Rock with unknown gemstone veins.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Jade

 

[CluckNDoodle]

Grey agate.
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Pretty, I love agate.

Rock with unknown gemstone veins.
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Neat, I wonder what it is. Possibly some kind of granite with quartz inclusions.