Community Finds
Found in the field
Stones and minerals people have found, photographed and identified with found.rocks. Every find is checked before it goes up.
Ruby in Amphibolite
Pink to red corundum (ruby) crystals set in a dark green, fine-grained metamorphic host rock.
Chrysocolla with Malachite in host rock
A copper-bearing specimen displaying chrysocolla and malachite mineralisation within a heavily oxidised host rock, typical of secondary copper deposits found in historic mining regions.
Rose Quartz
A translucent pink to peach piece of massive quartz with glassy, shell-like fracture surfaces and pale streaks running through it.
Kyanite Schist
A metamorphic kyanite-bearing schist characterised by distinctive bladed aluminium silicate crystals set within a foliated matrix of quartz and mica, typical of high-pressure regional metamorphism.
Muscovite Mica (Schist/Pegmatite specimen)
A muscovite mica-rich pegmatite or schist specimen displaying characteristic platy cleavage, bronze-brown colouration, and brilliant reflective surfaces formed under high-grade metamorphic conditions.
Donegal Quartzite
A hard metamorphic quartzite with characteristic blue-grey colouring and subtle foliation, typical of the Dalradian metasedimentary sequences found along Ireland's northwest Atlantic coast.