r/Rockhounding

Something I’ve always wanted to find has been an amethyst/carnelian agate. This past September in the EUP I finally found one. Though inverted from what I was looking for…ideally a carnelian outside with amethyst center, I’ll take this amethyst exterior with a carnelian center!

(Pictures don’t quite do it justice though as the purple of the amethyst doesn’t quite show up right.)

I joined Reddit just to find help with this. On a recent trip to Northern AZ I picked up some neat green rocks on an unpaved parking area. It looked like it was back fill from a nearby post hole that was dug out. Google tells me it could be chromium rich green petrified wood, but also that this would be extremely rare. It's a dark minty green that gets darker when wet. The chunks tend to be cylindrical with white/cream quartz like cores. Is that was this is? Is that really as big a deal as Google makes it sound??

Found near the Wyoming/Colorado border**. It weighs at least 40 pounds, pen for scale**