jennrosefx
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While digging through boxes in storage, I came across a pill bottle filled with small rocks. I vaguely remember it from my youth... something my step-dad at the time had found in a vacant appartment (he was a repair guy for a large apartment complex... people would move out and leave things behind all the time... I once acquired a 30 gallon tank full of guppies this way). Anyways, it was given to me because I was into rocks. Never got it ID'd, just kept in with my collection pretending it was from mars or some bull like that. Haha.
So, I found it today and am looking at these rocks. They're dark and rough, with a slight metallic sheen in the worn spots. They're all smallish, ranging from 1-3 cm in diameter I suppose. When you hold them up to the light, however, it becomes apparent that these seemingly rather opaque rocks are actually quite transparent... and red.
Not all are red... some are a really dark blackish red, and some of the larger ones are more of a paler, purpley-golden tone, like the last one pictured.
Hmmmm. Now I'm wondering what the heck they are! Maybe they're garnet or a type of quartz or somethin.
Hehehehehe....
Neeeeerd!
So, I found it today and am looking at these rocks. They're dark and rough, with a slight metallic sheen in the worn spots. They're all smallish, ranging from 1-3 cm in diameter I suppose. When you hold them up to the light, however, it becomes apparent that these seemingly rather opaque rocks are actually quite transparent... and red.
Not all are red... some are a really dark blackish red, and some of the larger ones are more of a paler, purpley-golden tone, like the last one pictured.
Hmmmm. Now I'm wondering what the heck they are! Maybe they're garnet or a type of quartz or somethin.
Hehehehehe....
Neeeeerd!
