Fondling my Rocks!!
ArishMell · 70-79, M
A fine collection!
I don't know Nevada's general geology but might I be right to guess as:
The first and possibly second look like some sort of banded gneiss.
Number 3 similarly but unconformable with the right-hand side of it. Without knowing its bed-rock origin I could be far wrong.
Alternatively these three are from some sort of calcite or mineral-vein deposits coloured by its metallic minerals: the base in No.3 might be a limestone. Or are marble: metamorphosed limestone.
Number 4 seems a conglomerate of well-rounded, river or beach pebbles in a (limestone?) matrix.
Number 5: I don't know, but I think igneous and the greeny-blue tinge suggests one rich in the mineral olivine. Which would add weight to my metamorphic and mineral-vein guesses.
What do you identify them as?
I don't know Nevada's general geology but might I be right to guess as:
The first and possibly second look like some sort of banded gneiss.
Number 3 similarly but unconformable with the right-hand side of it. Without knowing its bed-rock origin I could be far wrong.
Alternatively these three are from some sort of calcite or mineral-vein deposits coloured by its metallic minerals: the base in No.3 might be a limestone. Or are marble: metamorphosed limestone.
Number 4 seems a conglomerate of well-rounded, river or beach pebbles in a (limestone?) matrix.
Number 5: I don't know, but I think igneous and the greeny-blue tinge suggests one rich in the mineral olivine. Which would add weight to my metamorphic and mineral-vein guesses.
What do you identify them as?
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Very cool 😎
JimboSaturn · 56-60, M
Nice!
