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ArishMell 路 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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Get your rocks off.
AlchemyFox 路 36-40, F
I鈥檓 moving west soon so I can get my hands on all the rocks!
AlchemyFox 路 36-40, F
@icedsky older than you even
icedsky 路 51-55, M
@AlchemyFox Just barely. I bet I could make a cool fossil. Monster cans scattered all around me. Rock hammer laying there.
AlchemyFox 路 36-40, F
@icedsky I鈥檇 add you to my collection. A rare specimen 馃挜
mayguy 路 46-50, M
Lotsa igneous rocks in the Silver State! 馃憦 Were you there before the heat wave hit? 馃サ
likesnatural 路 70-79, M
I saw the top two posted on FB.
likesnatural 路 70-79, M
@icedsky Yesterday. It was a rock identification group.
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likesnatural 路 70-79, M
@icedsky Don't know about exact, but they were the same type of rocks and same size.
Musicman 路 61-69, M
They are beautiful 馃槏
Gangstress 路 41-45, F
Some fine rocks
MtnManJohn 路 56-60, M
Cool rocks
Kstrong 路 56-60, F
So cool!
BizSuitStacy 路 M
Very cool 馃槑
JimboSaturn 路 51-55, M
Nice!