Reminds me of the quartzite at the climbing area called The Back of the Lake at Lake Louise, Alberta.

My rock is gravel. Yay, it's not a very fashionable rock unless you're building a driveway.

I found some ferrochrome in my yard. Thought it was a platinum nugget for a second until I realized how dumb that is. They used it in the steel making process which would make sense in SW PA😂

This looks very similar to the Piedmont uplifting in Alabama.

Very conversational, i appreciate your enjoyment in discovering the puzzle.

lol don't give up the gneiss location, sorry guys no on is making money off gneiss.

It's like if I was explaining the periodic table to my cat.

First one did look like chert. Second one could have been part of a spacecraft.

That mixture has to come from a smelting process.

I have a piece of chalcedony that has nearly perfect yellow cubes inside it as inclusions. What are the cubes ?

Terrific adventure in time and squeeze Mg pink

What if I told you I found gold in Kansas State and I know what you're going to say no geologists has ever proven that there is gold there but I've even taken it to two separate jewelers one in Nebraska and one in Lawrence Kansas and they both said yes it is gold and I know that gold can look like fool's Gold and some of its foals called but what I think it is is gold trapped inside fool's Gold what do you think

I'd love to get my hands on one of those XRF's, I'm not sure there are any out there us mortals can even dream to afford.

I do not see how you could sit there and have an intelligent conversation with someone who is clearly a space cadet. She is the reason our country is sliding into idiocracy. She says, "no one looks on the side of the road, it sounds crazy" I think she summed it up right there.

I have not been on the edge of my seat like I was when you moved to the scope. Please make more videos!!!!

Biology.

Kareem my man what’s up?

I have an idea why don't you just call it regional metamorphosed schist.

Using Microstrat, I get the Pinto Gneiss 1500-1600ma for the San Bernardino Mountains. Really enjoyed this video.

Okay

OMG!!! This guy is just ridiculous. I don't know how this professor puts up with these people.

This was my favorite episode from your channel. Very informative. Loved it!

HI! I'm here to tell YOU what I have. Because I SAY SO, it's a meteorite. Why do these people come to the expert just to argue and tell him he's wrong? Day's ignant!

Full of mica and garnets and quartz also

I have found the same in colorado and out here in southern california.

It's a meteorite from Mars, with diamonds because Um...Uh....crust...um...uh.. your the...i mean...um...yeah...

Definitely looks like a kind of slag

I learned a bit about radiation when I found an old blast furnace site . These are some important factors that a person should be familiar with when rock hounding . Number one. Use caution there is a lot of pretty stuff out there and if it was put there then it was put there for a reason . Anyways I am not familiar with the measuring scale your using but if you could convert it to mil REMs an airline pilot is only allowed to take in one REM a year . That is 1000 mila RMs. And the second thing is strength of the radiation of course is important but equally important is exposure time . For example alpha radiation is the weakest of the three types of radiation , alpha ,Beta, Gamma but is considered one of the most dangerous because unlike Beta and Gamma that once you remove the object from say a room , the radiation leaves with it. But Beta actually throws off a radioactive particle that can be ingested or swallowed and could become lodged in your lungs for a long time and that's where exposure becomes the deadly factor. If you suspect that rock with those pretty green crystals on it might be radio active then keep it put somewhere safe until you find out .

That was a great deep-dive into their rock sample. We are all smarter from it. Thanks! `i don`t think i want a meteorite` oh you would if you knew what dollar value is attached to those suckers.

love the discuss that a non geologist brings to the table! really fun

That's radioactive dinosaur bone is crazy.

Good episode. I've been finding similar rocks in western Colorado / eastern Utah.

Love this!!! Keep making more videos please!!!

Informative, fun and yes even riveting. Please keep 'em coming.

Very cool. I'm happy to see the video you guys did a very good job

Next time before Your analysis, Sir, please obtain a urinalysis.

Definitely sharing

Is this an episode of Intervention?

Righteous ✨

Wow-were you concerned at all for your safety during this episode? The guy was visibly upset to the point I wasn’t sure what he was going to do. Can’t imagine what it was like in person. Kudos to you for keeping your cool and being so professional!

After a year of studying geology, I FINALLY understand cleavage vs fracture. THANK YOU!

How do u get ahold of Dr.abstract

This is my favorite episode so far!! It was just loads of fun. Never imagined someone would bring you a maybe old bone or that petrified wood - but they are rocks I guess. What exciting unexpected thing would they bring in next???

People sure bring you the most unusual rocks!! I never would have thought silicon is a "rock"... That is a manmade rock.

I knew that last one was volcanic! 😊

Really glad you are putting out new content. I'd like to know how to get on the show. I rockhound San Diego beaches and have found some beautiful rocks that I can't identify. I've shown them to a couple of geologists from the San Diego Mineral & Gem Society, and they also don't know what they are. I could use some help. Thanks.

IDK. Maybe screen people a little better? LOL. Very entertaining though!

Hmmmm.... Almost all of the rocks people bring in seem to have lots of calcium in them...

I enjoyed this show! ❤

Why do you go to someone to ID your rock if you wont listen to him ??