I collect rocks

[Neia]

Hello late to the rock party, those are some awesome fossils. What is the sea urchin sitting on in the second photo?

Either phyllite or some sort of exotic slate I think phyllite or schist

 

[BagelDreams]

I collect rocks too, specifically crystals! I love their texture. I'll see if I can get a picture of one or more of them on here later!

 

[FayetheAspie]

I used to love collecting rocks as a child. Maybe I should start it again.

 

[agateboy]

Either phyllite or some sort of exotic slate I think phyllite or schist

It is super cool looking!

 

[BagelDreams]

My favorite quartz crystal! The texture and shape are fascinating.

 

[All-Rounder]

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My favorite quartz crystal! The texture and shape are fascinating.

It looks like it's alive, or like it once was, like corals.

 

[agateboy]

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My favorite quartz crystal! The texture and shape are fascinating.

Dogtooth quartz!

 

[All-Rounder]

If this can be melted by llava does it mean they could be melted into other shapes too?

 

[All-Rounder]

I guess this answers it

https://www.reddit.com/r/chemistry/s/w0Va1YAWwd
"When you heat up quartz at its melting point it glows white"

 

[All-Rounder]

This is gold bearing quartz, sometimes ppl melt it to extract the gold.

 

[agateboy]

If this can be melted by llava does it mean they could be melted into other shapes too?

Yes quartz can be melted and blown

 

[Rachie]

I like to collect rocks when to I go to be sea/beach and some parks. I like to get sand as well which I use as a memory at home as well. My dad's partner went to Southend yesterday and called me that she has some rocks to give me and sand as well. She knows me too well.

 

[8398]

I'm a big time rock hound, so is my mother. Oregon has many opportunities. I also did a crystal "shop" out of boredom that I'm trying to phase out because the crystal industry isn't very ethical.

Fossils are one that I haven't found much of yet. I've found small shark teeth in chalk and a shell fossil on the coast. My all time favorite find is probably an arrowhead that I found, small and intricate, made of an amber-y crystal. It's my prized treasure.