Just thought I would put up a few pics of some bits and pieces i have picked up recently. Nothing special, but interesting to me.
Managed to con the wife into going for a drive to look for some rocks the other day. She ended up finding a nice sliver of agate. Not much colour and has a crack, but i grinded a flat and will polish it up for her. Also started to flattened out another piece we had found previously. Hopefully seeing a few things she has found polished up a bit will get her a bit more keen.
Found an interesting looking nodule as well, but when i picked it up, found mother nature had already cracked it open. It still had a little drusy quartz on the inside. Also found a little botryoidal chalcedony and nice coloured jasper. As well as a weird crystal, thought it was smoky quartz at first, but shape and texture is weird.
Last bits were from my last trip to UNI. Some basalt with xenoliths of peridotite.
Managed to con the wife into going for a drive to look for some rocks the other day. She ended up finding a nice sliver of agate. Not much colour and has a crack, but i grinded a flat and will polish it up for her. Also started to flattened out another piece we had found previously. Hopefully seeing a few things she has found polished up a bit will get her a bit more keen.
Found an interesting looking nodule as well, but when i picked it up, found mother nature had already cracked it open. It still had a little drusy quartz on the inside. Also found a little botryoidal chalcedony and nice coloured jasper. As well as a weird crystal, thought it was smoky quartz at first, but shape and texture is weird.
Last bits were from my last trip to UNI. Some basalt with xenoliths of peridotite.