u/Cattymoore

Riverbed, western Washington.

This rock has a bunch of grooves and a deep worn surface. It also smells oddly fishy and smokey? None of the other rocks I found smell like this.

What is going on here?

I have four rocks I removed from stage 3 after they each got a break (7 days into stage 3, everyone else is getting at least three more days)

Would anyone like to try their hand at identifying them? They are all from western Washington state, and were river side finds.

Any stand out or identifications? (Hand-dried after first rinse) This is only my second time tumbling!

Feel free to roast me too!

Western Washington

This rock HAD gone through tumbling.

This was found in an area of the state that is formed by basalt flows with glacial outwash in the rivers (Willapa hills). I found this in a riverbed.

This rock has a really consistent hardness and didn't scratch when I tested it. There was some cracking in the tumbling, but it was with some other hard friends.

I am fairly certain it is quartz, I'm just not sure exactly what kind or how to interpret the black and gold inside of it?

I have been working through building a geology collection to help with my job in Washington state (archaeologist) (it has a lot going on geologically, and it's sometimes hard to keep straight). I cannot figure out what is going on with this fella:

This is my eye, I think it's fairly blue but I have this smaller ring around my pupil. What is it called?