this post was submitted on 26 Jan 2026
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Cool Rocks

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Minerals are cool, too.

Be gneiss to each other

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Said that they are petrified wood. I guess they look like it. $5

Thinking about cutting and polishing them. Then put them in some walking sticks I'm making.

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[–] Korval@lemmy.today 8 points 4 days ago

Weirdest reptiles I've ever seen

[–] a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] Jerb322@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Thanks, looking forward to cleaning them up a bit.

[–] Masterkraft0r@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

top most and both lower middle and lower left could be upper middle looks like marble lower left looks like a sandstone

[–] Jerb322@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

I looked it up a bit, and they can be filled with a bunch of different minerals. I don't really know much about them, though. They all do have a kind of high pitched sound when tapped together. If that means much.

[–] 200ok@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

Cool! I was going to say they look like fossils!