Rocks from my walk across Texas

[whyofquartz]

i am finally making good on my threat promise to share more of the rocks i collected while Pipelining from Cotulla Texas to Ingleside-By-The-Bay Texas
this first little bit will be shared from Imger but I will share more pictures later
here is a preview


but for more details you will have to follow these links

Part 1
Part B
Part III

i found this cool little conglomerate

 
I kind of want to find a way to polish it without losing the crystals on top but i will probably just tumble it eventually

[greig]

The calcite crystal in the photo will likely fall off in a tumble. One thought is you could slice it for a thumbnail specimen and polish the cut. Walking Texas sounds like a great adventure.

[whyofquartz]

while out walking Texas, i stumbled across Africa, as it turns out it was smaller than I had been lead to believe

 

It really is a marvelous chunk of rock


but I could have sworn it was purple when i found it

[whyofquartz]

this rock is a good example for anyone starting out, it takes a long tome to be able to judge a rock by its crust


i wasn't sure about this one, but i am clad i grabbed it because once i split it

  It was actually very pretty.
Well, more rocks to follow later

[whyofquartz]

i have soo many rocks now, i have a hard time remembering which ones came from where. I go through them all and every so often I have to ask "why did i grab this?" or "Why haven't i polished this yet?"
 

there are a few where the answer is I don;t have the skill or equipment yet

[RocksInNJ]

I especially like the big gold one in the center fo the first pic. Would like to see what that looks like tumbled.

[whyofquartz]

Jul 8, 2020 23:54:43 GMT -5 RocksInNJ said:

I especially like the big gold one in the center fo the first pic. Would like to see what that looks like tumbled.

That one is a Pet wood of some kind i believe, i may have tumbled a piece off of it but i don't recall. I will be sure to tag you if i decide to do the whole thing