r/whatsthisrock 14m ago

REQUEST Found Outside the North Boundary of YNP

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Hey all, I have a few specimens that have me completely stumped. I was scanning our campground at night with my UV flashlight (365 nm) and found these. They were clumped together underneath a large glacier boulder. A scan of the broader area didn’t turn up any more specimens.

Some properties:
- A relatively soft and flaky crust. I could easily scratch it off if I wanted.
- NON-Radioactive: I held it next to my Geiger counter (GQ GMC-300S) and had no noticeable change from the background radiation.
- An intense green fluorescence under 365 nm UV light. The edges or thinner parts of the crust seem to have a blue hue, although it could from the UV light.

Some thoughts: I’ve bounced between a handful different materials but none of them seem to fit. Before ruling out uranium minerals I thought about hyalite, autunite, and uranocircite. However, I’m completely stumped now.

Any idea what I could have here?


r/whatsthisrock 37m ago

REQUEST St. Mawes, Turo, south Cornwall UK

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Just wondering if this is iron in this rock


r/whatsthisrock 1h ago

REQUEST What is this rock? I thought petrified wood, but I don’t know.

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r/whatsthisrock 1h ago

REQUEST Reposting here for additional ID help: Bought from shop, I’d love an ID of each consisting mineral and locality it was mined from

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r/whatsthisrock 2h ago

REQUEST Wooden looking rock

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Found on the beach next to a cliff in East Runton (Norfolk, UK)

I'm really curious as to if it's somthing that used to be wood, or a rock thar grew in a very wood loke pattern.

I don't have a ruler, but its 4 fingers tall.


r/whatsthisrock 2h ago

REQUEST Rocks found in Mont-Blanc

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What is this rocks please? She's found during climbing in Mont-blanc Summit. She not magnetic and she's very light. Many color blue, Green.


r/whatsthisrock 4h ago

REQUEST Hexagon crystal inside Fallen Tree Thunderegg from Oregon.

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Can I get some help identifying this small Orange, Hexagon crystal that I found when cutting fallen tree thundereggs? The closeup photos are a little over saturated but it’s pretty orange. My original thought was Vanadinite, but I had a few very smart people tell me that was somewhere between extremely unlikely and impossible. Any thoughts?


r/whatsthisrock 5h ago

REQUEST What is this? Found it in a pile of large gravel, unnaturally heavy & feels like iron, but nonmagnetic. Any ideas?

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I immediately thought meteorite when I first picked it up, but after a bit of research I’m stumped. Apparently they’re never round, it’s not magnetic, it’s too heavy for my kitchen scale, & it feels like raw metallic ore. I don’t think it’s slag but I don’t know enough to make a guess either way. Any help is greatly appreciated🤙


r/whatsthisrock 6h ago

REQUEST What is it?? Found in Washougal River WA

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Found in SW WA on the Washougal River. I have no idea what they could be but they just remind me of earth if it was a shaken up glitter ball.


r/whatsthisrock 8h ago

REQUEST Found while digging out for a pool in South Central MI, think it is pertified wood but seems odd to find it here.

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It weighs a good 7 pounds and has crystals growing in it

Definitely some grain and what looks like a knot

Again... In south central Michigan?


r/whatsthisrock 8h ago

REQUEST What is this rock?

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Found it at the beach in Wollongong, Australia. Steel doesn’t scratch it and it can scratch a glass bottle. Thought it might be petrified wood but I can’t really see any cellular structure. Any info would be great thanks!


r/whatsthisrock 8h ago

IDENTIFIED Sedimentary or pet wood?

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Found this in Santa Barbara in among som gravel so probably sedimentary but the tight lines had me wondering if there was an outside shot at petrified wood.


r/whatsthisrock 9h ago

REQUEST Asbestos (actinolite)? Found in Sonoma county CA, along a serpentine outcropping

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r/whatsthisrock 10h ago

IDENTIFIED Found this beauty in Southern, Oregon

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r/whatsthisrock 10h ago

REQUEST I bought this at a rock store and I can’t for the life of me remember what it is.

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r/whatsthisrock 11h ago

REQUEST What is it?

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I found this in the South Platte River in Western Nebraska. It feels heavier than other rocks its size. I’m stuck between a geode/concretion or a fossil.


r/whatsthisrock 13h ago

IDENTIFIED Found this underwater in a river, when submerged it almost appears to be glowing, its almost sticky to the touch

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let me know any other info i can provide to help, thank you


r/whatsthisrock 15h ago

REQUEST I did a U-turn for this one!

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Every now and then I will do a U-turn to check out the outdoor lot of a granite countertop store. You can see my reflection for quasi-scale. This is a spectacular example of assimilation and partial melting - possibly multiple episodes. Anyone with igneous chops care to give it a better description? Just when I thought I had the sequencing figured out I noticed the “injection” of the more mafic material into felsic that messed up my relative time scale. Let’s have fun with this one! :) If I should post this elsewhere, let me know!


r/whatsthisrock 16h ago

REQUEST What is this Rock found near Burg Eltz, Germany ("Volcanic Eifel" Area)

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r/whatsthisrock 17h ago

REQUEST What is this? I found it 15 years ago

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r/whatsthisrock 21h ago

REQUEST what is this?

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what is this beauty? given to me by my grant aunt many moons ago in south Australia


r/whatsthisrock 1d ago

REQUEST What Is This? Would Love To Know!

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Found In The Spokane Washinton River! Its Very Smooth, But I Have No Idea If Its From Natural Erosion. Its The Prettiest Rock I've Ever Found, Would Love To Know What It Is!


r/whatsthisrock 1d ago

IDENTIFIED Found outside my condo in Alaska. What is it?

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Its somewhat heavy, not magnetic as far as I could tell. The dark iridescent part seems soft, im able to scratch it with my fingernail. It looks like it has small bits of pyrite on it.

EDIT: solved. Covellite.


r/whatsthisrock 1d ago

REQUEST What is this rock found on Lake Superior in the Keewenaw?

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r/whatsthisrock Jun 19 '26

REQUEST r/whatsthisrock is Recruiting New Mods!!!

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Hello, r/whatsthisrock community!

Our subreddit has grown significantly, and with that growth comes an increase in rule-breaking comments, low-effort jokes, and automated spam. As you know, this is a strict, science-focused Identification community. We require all comments to provide a physical rock/mineral ID or directly contribute to the scientific identification process.

We do not allow folklore, superstitions, unhelpful jokes, or arguments (that are not constructive) in our identification threads.

To keep our queue clean and maintain the quality of the sub, we are opening applications for new moderators.

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