Rocks, Minerals, Gems & Geology

301 topics in this forum

1. How To Identify Minerals Video Series

   By Steve Herschbach, June 7, 2020   

   • minerals rocks gems
   • 5 replies
   • 2.6k views
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   • Jim Hemmingway
   • June 13, 2020

2. Forum Rules, Help, Tips, Contact Info

   By Steve Herschbach, December 23, 2016
   • 0 replies
   • 8.1k 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
   • 4.6k views
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   • Steve Herschbach
   • January 16, 2020

4. Is This An Raw Garnet?

   By Gem, 50 minutes ago
   • 0 replies
   • 21 views
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   • Gem
   • 50 minutes ago

5. Mysterious Rock / Mineral

   By Gem, Thursday at 05:47 AM   

   • id help
   • 2 replies
   • 219 views
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   • Steve Herschbach
   • 16 hours ago

6. Raw Sapphire? 1 2

   By Gem, September 20   

   • id help
   • 15 replies
   • 447 views
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   • Steve Herschbach
   • 16 hours ago

7. Is This Red Obsidian?

   By mrm0rgan, April 17   

   • id help
   • 6 replies
   • 1.1k views
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   • Goldseeker5000
   • September 13

8. Found My First Silver / Gold? - Is There A Way To Confirm 100% Without Smashing Up The Rock?

   By Leon_UK, September 11   

   • id help
   • 2 replies
   • 189 views
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   • Steve Herschbach
   • September 12

9. Found This The Other Night, Not Sure What It Is

   By kac, September 9   

   • id help
   • 5 replies
   • 222 views
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   • kac
   • September 10

10. Gpr For Crystal Pockets?

    By Stretchy, March 5   

    • detector tech
    • 1 reply
    • 1k views
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    • Steve Herschbach
    • September 6

11. Do You Know What These Are?

    By Ahmed, March 26   

    • id help
    • 1 reply
    • 765 views
    • 
    • Steve Herschbach
    • September 6

12. Platinum Ore, Meteorite, Melted Metal, Or...?

    By MissRockhound, May 1   

    • id help
    • 1 reply
    • 577 views
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    • Steve Herschbach
    • September 6

13. Vein Material Identification

    By Allen M, May 26   

    • id help
    • 1 reply
    • 520 views
    • 
    • Steve Herschbach
    • September 6

14. Advice On Identifying Minerals Within Quartz

    By Leon_UK, August 21   

    • id help
    • 5 replies
    • 465 views
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    • Leon_UK
    • September 5

15. Shiny Black Rock??

    By Justins, July 4   

    • id help
    • 1 reply
    • 378 views
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    • Steve Herschbach
    • August 21

16. Help Identify This Rock

    By Allen M, August 16   

    • id help
    • 7 replies
    • 402 views
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    • Rick N. MI
    • August 18

17. Very, Very Fine Gold Locked In With Arsenic

    By mn90403, May 3, 2019   

    • research
    • 3 replies
    • 1.4k views
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    • mn90403
    • July 7

18. Gold Sheen Obsidian

    By beatup, June 18   

    • minerals rocks gems
    • 3 replies
    • 568 views
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    • Cascade Steven
    • June 25

19. Can Someone Tell Me What Kind Of Rock Is This

    By rayen, June 2   

    • id help
    • 5 replies
    • 786 views
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    • Bear
    • June 6

20. Mookaite

    By beatup, June 1   

    • minerals rocks gems
    • 4 replies
    • 487 views
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    • DDancer
    • June 2

21. Rock ID Help 1 2

    By sevastras, May 19   

    • meteorites
    • 12 replies
    • 830 views
    • 
    • Jeff McClendon
    • May 24

22. Is This A Platinum Nugget Or Ore At All??

    By MissRockhound, May 1   

    • id help
    • gold found
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • id help
      • gold found
      • meteorites
    • 4 replies
    • 857 views
    • 
    • GB_Amateur
    • May 20

23. Gold Vein Offsets

    By RiverRat, May 18   

    • geology
    • 2 replies
    • 482 views
    • 
    • RiverRat
    • May 19

24. Mystery Metal Found While Detecting With Equinox 800

    By Allen M, May 6   

    • id help
    • 7 replies
    • 804 views
    • 
    • kac
    • May 7

25. Mystery Rock / Mineral Found While Detecting 1 2

    By GB_Amateur, March 21   

    • id help
    • 14 replies
    • 1.6k views
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    • jasong
    • April 30

26. Glaciers & Gold 1 2

    By Steve Herschbach, February 4, 2015   

    • geology
    • 14 replies
    • 5.5k views
    • 
    • Steve Herschbach
    • April 22

27. Peg’s Florida Fossil Hunts 1 2

    By IdahoPeg, April 12   

    • minerals rocks gems
    • 16 replies
    • 950 views
    • 
    • IdahoPeg
    • April 15

28. Black Rock Covered In Sparkles

    By Carol Reynolds, April 5   

    • id help
    • 9 replies
    • 3.2k views
    • 
    • Carol Reynolds
    • April 10