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Hello

I am digging a pond in SE Virginia, have found no rocks in the area, but hit something large and solid, pumped down the pond and found this rock laying on top of a deposit of dark gray clay. Trying to find out what is made of and if it has any value.

Thank you

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Rock 1.jpg

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What do you think it is?

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The first picture shows some quartz and iron oxide, the other pictures if I could have had better shots would have shown the same thing.

Quartz is common in your area and has little value except to someone that wants quartz.

I would just set it by your back porch and keep it as a nice rock to look at.

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  Rocks are like a box of chocolates, you never know what your gonna get!!😁👍👍

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I think that right there is what they call a hum dinger... a very large paper weight.

More seriously though it looks like primarily limestone with some quartz, some calcite , and some iron mixed in. 

   

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If you're thinking meteorite, Um ... No.

Rock that big coming in at 70,000mph would leave a crater big enough for a lake, you wouldn't have to dig a pond. Probably a glacier wash or a roller from a nearby hill.

Take 'er down to Fort Leavenworth, they're gonna need big rocks to break into smaller ones. 🤔 

Here's an article that may be interesting:

http://www.virginiaplaces.org/geology/glaciers.html

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