Rocks, Minerals, Gems & Geology

384 topics in this forum

1. How To Identify Minerals Video Series

   By Steve Herschbach, June 7, 2020   

   • minerals rocks gems
   • 6 replies
   • 5.4k views
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   • MSC
   • April 13, 2022

2. Forum Rules, Help, Tips, Contact Info

   By Steve Herschbach, December 23, 2016
   • 0 replies
   • 10.1k views
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   • Steve Herschbach
   • December 23, 2016

3. Check For Gold In Rock & Identify Fools Gold

   By Steve Herschbach, January 16, 2020   

   • id help
   • 0 replies
   • 10.4k views
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   • Steve Herschbach
   • January 16, 2020

4. Arkansas Diamond Found

   By Bear, March 16   

   • minerals rocks gems
   • 3 replies
   • 509 views
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   • okara gold
   • March 20

5. Any Good Books On Minerals And Precious Stones - Help Please, Its A Gift

   By Tyrell90, December 19, 2022   

   • minerals rocks gems
   • 3 replies
   • 1.1k views
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   • JohnCampbell
   • March 20
6. Large Carbonaceous Meteorite?

   Topic was moved to forum Metal Detecting For Meteorites

7. Test Post

   By Carolina, March 17   

   • forum info
   • 0 replies
   • 218 views
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   • Carolina
   • March 17

8. Plz Help Identify These Rocks

   By paulmars, February 26   

   • id help
   • 3 replies
   • 502 views
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   • Geologyhound
   • March 10

9. ID Help

   By Adams1101, February 22   

   • id help
   • 1 reply
   • 489 views
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   • BigSkyGuy
   • February 26

10. A Few Examples Of Steatite (soapstone) A Couple Of Points And An Abalone Pendant That I Found This Past Summer. (updated)

    By Doc Bach, February 20   

    • minerals rocks gems
    • 7 replies
    • 699 views
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    • JCR
    • February 24

11. Limestone Help

    By Mans, February 21   

    • id help
    • 0 replies
    • 382 views
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    • Mans
    • February 21

12. Fossil?

    By Mans, February 5   

    • id help
    • 2 replies
    • 823 views
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    • Mans
    • February 6

13. Help Me Identify This Strange Looking Rock

    By casi, February 5   

    • id help
    • 2 replies
    • 653 views
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    • Geologyhound
    • February 5

14. What Are These Stones ? 1 2

    By Osh, November 11, 2022   

    • id help
    • 10 replies
    • 1.3k views
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    • Geologyhound
    • January 31

15. Oddly Textured Rock ID

    By tekknoir, December 5, 2022   

    • id help
    • 2 replies
    • 820 views
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    • Geologyhound
    • January 31

16. Couple Items I've Found

    By dsb, January 3   

    • id help
    • 3 replies
    • 806 views
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    • Geologyhound
    • January 31

17. ID Help With Various Finds

    By DSM, January 17   

    • id help
    • 5 replies
    • 642 views
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    • Geologyhound
    • January 31

18. Story Of A Little Known Mine In The Superstition Mountains In Arizona 1 2 3 4

    By gollum, April 13, 2015   

    • treasure story
    • lode and hard rock
    • 32 replies
    • 29.5k views
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    • coderjo
    • January 31

19. Speckled Rocks

    By Mans, January 21   

    • id help
    • 3 replies
    • 646 views
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    • Geologyhound
    • January 31

20. Need Help Identifying Rock

    By mlkgeo, January 16   

    • minerals rocks gems
    • 2 replies
    • 738 views
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    • Geologyhound
    • January 31

21. Need Help Identifying Rock/mineral

    By matt0550, January 14   

    • id help
    • 4 replies
    • 742 views
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    • Geologyhound
    • January 31

22. Glass Shard Identification

    By Whitemountainexplorer, January 27   

    • id help
    • 6 replies
    • 645 views
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    • okara gold
    • January 27

23. Rock Inside A Rock

    By Whitemountainexplorer, January 27   

    • id help
    • 2 replies
    • 577 views
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    • Whitemountainexplorer
    • January 27

24. Help Identifying Potential Platinum Nugget 1 2 3

    By Dringle1122, January 8   

    • minerals rocks gems
    • id help
    • 20 replies
    • 1.7k views
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    • delnorter
    • January 11

25. Layered Minnesota Rock Sample

    By NorthShore, December 28, 2022   

    • id help
    • 3 replies
    • 870 views
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    • jasong
    • January 1

26. Origin Of Gold

    By HardPack, December 11, 2022   

    • geology
    • 3 replies
    • 839 views
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    • HardPack
    • December 12, 2022

27. ID Help Please

    By billdean, December 1, 2022   

    • id help
    • 3 replies
    • 752 views
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    • jasong
    • December 2, 2022

28. Two New Minerals Discovered In Meteorite

    By Steve Herschbach, November 30, 2022   

    • minerals rocks gems
    • 2 replies
    • 673 views
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    • GB_Amateur
    • November 30, 2022