rock finds

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Yesterday my sons and I where our walking on an abandoned railway near

our home of course like normal I was scanning the ground for neat

things to show them. As we where walking I tripped over a rock and

when I looked down to see what it was I found a 2 " x 1 " chunk of red

jasper veined with quartz. I also found a milky quartz and sever nice

green rock that are translucent with banding. So when we got home I

pulled out the old rock tumbler, it needs some repairs before we can

use it but I am excited to get started on them. Of course when I

picked up those stones I triggered my oldest to do the same and we

came home with a lot of stones most where just granite but he found a

dark purple rock, a bright purple rock several green ones and a pink

one with black specks (I think the pink color may just be rust and

that the stone is granite but he likes it). My kids are rockhounds

and while I was on the phone with my mother-in-law I found out my

husband was the same as a kid and of course I am also. What amazes me

is I walk that trail every day with them and have never seen the

jasper which once I spotted it I can't see how I would have missed it.

It was right on top bright as the day and so very different from the

other stones around it.