Rocks with character. Need help IDing a type of stone.

[Baitball Blogger]

I found some rocks in my garden which I used for a bonsai feature. I have no idea if they arrived in a bag of stones I purchased at Lowes or Home Depot. But they have very distinct features. Lots of character. Wrinkles, cracks and crevices. Not the greatest picture, but I was hoping someone could try to I.D. it, because I'm planning another miniature rock garden feature and they would be perfect.

[Botany]

1. Quartz

2.3 from Ohio U.

[Baitball Blogger]

2. Well, that's a start.

I'll see if anyone sells quartz rocks. Maybe I'll get lucky.

Thank you!

[IcyPeas]

3. There are rock identifier apps on Google.

That is an attractive rock.

[Baitball Blogger]

9. I'll give it a try. Thank you.

[WheelWalker]

4. Brown jasper with quartz? Maybe some yellow jasper as well.

[Baitball Blogger]

6. Having fun with jasper searches.

I'm not looking for the polished ones that are coming up, but they're nice to look at.

[WheelWalker]

8. try "raw" jasper

[Baitball Blogger]

10. I got better hits with "raw."

I also found agates that look like they have similar markings, though much more colorful!

[LakeArenal]

5. Do you have a rock store in town. They'd know.

[Baitball Blogger]

7. It's a long drive but I might take a ride up.

Seriously, what else do we have to do in Florida these days?

[LakeArenal]

11. We love to take a ride.

Edit. A rock store may have many rocks you’d like for the garden too.

[rickyhall]

12. Sex stones

[lastlib]

13. Big one upper left appears to be sandstone....

[csziggy]

14. I would bet those came in a bag labelled "river rocks"

They look water eroded - and in the bags (or loads) you get for landscaping, there are a variety of types of rocks, so the varying ideas of types fit that category.

Source: my father was a mining engineer and I grew up with his rock collection. Plus I have done gardening and collected interesting rocks for decades in Florida.

[Baitball Blogger]

15. I do suspect they came from a bag from Home Depot.

These are just larger and slightly different from the others in the bag, which is why I set them aside, forgot where they came from and discovered them again.

But, since i started my search, using advice from DUers in the Lounge, I have found many suitable alternatives.

[csziggy]

16. We got a couple of loads of rocks from a local nursery place

One was river rocks 1-2" in size, the other just plain gravel 3/4" size. But while I was waiting for them to load one of the trucks, I walked along their types of rock and looked at them. They had rock sizes up to 4-6" for landscaping purposes and I noticed that there were a wide variety of stones in that batch. I think they get them out of somewhere in Georgia so the river rocks can have anything from granite, quartz, marble, sandstone, and more - whatever will erode out of a hill and fall into the river to be smoothed by the water over time.