Taken on the Canadian Shield. I collect the iron oxide chips to grind into pigment for paint.

Regular ol' can of coke for scale

More job site gravel finds.

In a way it is a cold cool rock. It just doesn't last long.

Some of the white quartz were foraged nearby but most came from a bag of rocks for tumbling. This is after stage 1 of tumbling.

Agate with smokey quartz. A glacial erratics found by yours truly in central MN.

The more if it is a seashell fossilised in a rock.

Went to a crystal mine and this cool looking yellow dude struck me more than any of their crystals.

It's about the size of a walnut in the shell. I got it with a bag of random rocks and tumbled it through four stages for about a month. The fact that it didn't get very rounded off means it's quite hard. It's more green in real life with lots of neat transparent bits.

Mainly found in Chihuahua, Mexico.

I found it on a beach in lake of the woods.

I went for a kayak and found some cool canadian shield.

(I got paleolithic and Precambrian mixed up)

I just think it's neat.

Since the river is totally dry, I decided to take the dogs on their morning hike in the riverbed.

I was surprised how much pumice I kept finding. I started to leave the small pieces, looking only for larger pieces.

Bonus, some Asian clam shells, and this pretty shiny red-brown rock.