Looking to get a pet rock. Never had one before, but they seem

>>2004905
You want a sedimentary rock. I'd go with sandstone for a first-time rock owner, it's really laid-back and easy to train. Stay away from igneous rocks, especially obsidian. Obsidian is so high-strung, it might as well be a goddamn mineral. Definitely not for a first-time rock owner.

>>2004915
list me the reasons of why I wouldn't adopt a mudstone as my first rock pet

>>2004917
>looks boring
>usually has a strong odor
>falls apart under the slightest stress
>requires very specific humidity and pressure
>full of ghosts

have you considered a nice olivine?

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underrated thread

posting rocks for inspiration.

Adopt one from local river. Maybe be dirty and rough around the edges but best rock ever once you bond with it.

>>2005036
this. don't go to a rockfarm. there are plenty of rocks in need.

>>2005047
>>2005036
do not adopt... i got one from a river this one time had a horrible fungus.

>>2005036

i'd like to add that while adopting is an awesome experience (and i really respect people who choose to adopt), going to a well-credentialed rockfarm is an excellent option as well. per capita, a responsibly acquired rock from a good rockfarm will last you longer than any old rock you get from a river.

just saying, it's worth consideration

>>2004905
Get marble, trust me; You won't take it for granite

If you want a low maintenance pet for mainly observing I would recommend a serpentine breed.

>>2004915
This, I was going to post recommending sandstone as well for all the same reasons, very easy.

>>2005036
>>2005047

You guys are literally whats killing the hobby. Wild caught rocks are known for their diseases and behavioral problems. Its always hillbillies like you who go out trap a bunch of rocks fail to look after them and then bring the whole hobby into disrepute when it goes terribly wrong and someone catches kidney stones from an un-vaccinated rock or something.

Try a crack rock. Those are my favorite.

>>2005175
Yeah the pittbull of the rock world

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>>2005077
get out.

While we're on the subject of /an/ cliches, fuck bugguy.

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>Not keeping a cut rose quartz from a reputable breeder.
Enjoy your crumbling mutts.

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>>2005194
>Not finding a wild Agate and gaining its trust
Bitch, please.

>>2005174
kidneystones. dear god

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>>2005194
>>2005197
Muscovite beats all of your shitty memerals.

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>>2005209
I prefer Malachite.

>>2005213
this

Can lazulis be kept with jaspers? I heard those two don't mix well

>>2005279
Things might get a little rocky between them

Everyone in this thread is stoned

Speaking of Lapis, be careful that you get the real deal and not get scammed with Sodalite or get charged up the ass with Azurite prices.

I used to have a pet rock when I was a kid. Didn't know the scientific name or whatnot you know it was just one of those weird stray stones from Mr. Gilbert's yard. My grandpa used to tell use that rocks couldn't feel pain or anything so my cousin and I would use it as a base ball or shove it up our asses and stupid shit like that. I would never do that today, I feel horrible about it actually.
Wish I had a picture of the old guy but all my pictures got burned at the "incident".

>>2005213
Heck, I hate cut crystals so much. The fascinating thing about minerals is the multitude of shapes they assume naturally, why go and ruin that with your mediocre craftsmanship?

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>>2005213
I prefer Zoisite.

Finding a good stone is very difficult, and getting the wrong kind can put you between a solid area and a bolder

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I started with Amethyst. Sure, they're a little high maintenance for a starter stone and can get injured easily, but when treated with love they always shine.

The less than perfect ones are always a steal as long a you don't mind loss of clarity. Frankly, as a newbie rock keeper the lower clarity can be a lifesaver just in case your rock gets into a misadventure and suffers a small fissure. Your rock will behave as always as nobody will notice the new feature!

Avoid quartz. All fissures show unless you want a plain white milky rock.

>>2005187
More like the rockweiler

>>2005625
that was stone cold

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>>2004905

How big of a rock should I get? I want a big one but I'm not sure I've got the stones for it.

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>>2006363
Larger rocks actually require less care than smaller ones, however, they need much larger housing spaces and cost a lot more to purchase and take home. Especially big ones also have to be protected from crazy humans climbing/painting them, plants trying to grow into them, and animals using them as a shelter.

Smaller rocks get lost or injured easier and cost more to maintain, but they're cheaper at first. Ironically, the smaller cut varieties are often the most expensive even though they come with their own fancy mineral carrying cases. You could get some serious boulders for the price of a few princess cut diamonds.

If you're looking for easy street, your rock should fit in your palm but be not much bigger than your fist. Geodes are a popular mid-range option even though they can be fragile. You can find whole crystals in this range if you look carefully!

>>2005209
>2015
>owning pet rocks with only 1 cleavage plane

>>2005077
I bet you're the type of person who would buy a marble rock for aesthetics and then leave it out to deform from acid rain. You need to do your research to ensure you have what it takes to take care of such a delicate mineral

>>2005077
Wow, that was a gneiss pun

What do you guys think about shining/polishing for aesthetics? Is it cruel?

>>2007042
Let's lock you in a barrel full of broken glass and roll you around until your corners are broken off and then you can tell us if it was cruel.

>>2006352
I think I'd rather have a nice rockshund. They are so short and cute

>>2005213
>>2005209
>>2005197
>>2005194
SUfags ruin everything.

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I picked up this stray the other day
Anyone know what breed it is?

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>>2007521
and here's a picture of the whole family
pardon my dust

>>2007042
If you want asthetics, adopt a large river rock. They are fairly smooth and round and pretty without being cruely polished, and they are very hugable, unlike rough unshapen and wild cousins, that like to bite and scratch.

>>2007555
Why would you ever let your river rocks dry out? Thats like taking a fish out of a pond and putting it on your table thinking it'll be a good pet.
I keep my river rocks in a large tank with flowing water. Land rocks stay indoors on my tables, I never let them go outside because crows like to grab the shiny ones.

>outdoor rocks
Fucking disgusting

>>2007521
Looks to be something igneous with stripes of white quartz or possibly gypsum? When I lived in the mountains we just called stones like that "Mountain rocks" as nice big ones were poking up out of the earth all over the place. Everyone loved those big, friendly wild rocks.

>>2007521
>>2007521
if your rock didn't come with papers it's just a mutt

>>2007824
its funny, I've asked in three different places and have gotten three different answers
I've been told greywacke, gneiss, and now something igneous

which is even funnier because all three of those are different kinds of rock.
I might have to seek out the geology prof at the local state college to get this settles once and for all

>>2007830
it's probably ophicalcite, I'd have to handle it to be sure though.

>>2007830
also, just for kicks, I'm a geologist, and I'm the guy suggesting ophicalcite.

I could be wrong, there's a couple possible rocks that look like that, but all of them are lightly metamorphosed homogeneous breccias like ophicalcite or serpentinite.

I'd bet a $20 yours is ophicalcite though.

>>2007521
>>2007526
>>2007530
>>2006384
>>2006294
>>2005213
>>2005209
>>2005197
>>2005194
>Liking gay ass Shiny Rocks
Just make yourself a nice concrete block OP. Put some steel on it if you're worried about it getting hurt

>>2005213
>op asks for rock that's easy for beginners
>this faggot suggests a mineral

Did you even read the OP?

OP should go outside and find a stray rock and offer it a home. There are billions of stray rocks needing homes on this earth.

Adopt, don't shop.

>OP asks for a good, low maintenance starter pet
>everyone shits up the thread with crystals

Not all of us are made of money and can afford these designer pet rocks, not to mention the ridiculous amount of upkeep because of their pedigree.

Granite is a lovely first choice. It's a notch above the average brown rock, without being too fancy and high-maintenance.

>this thread
Toplel. Thank you all for this.

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What do you guys think about vertical rockfarms?

>>2007530
That's really quite a nice space. I'm sure any non-metamorphic pet would be comfortable there.

>>2008816
> Crystals are expensive
Apparently you haven't heard of Quarts and it's many cousins. So common, so shiny.

>>2008835
If you have steady enough hands, I don't see why it couldn't work out.

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>>2008835
fuck off with your cairns

pet rocks have something special, you don't just choose on, you know which one has the best synergy.

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awful unlicensed breeder selling to weak tourist who pity them and taking them back to their own country even when there enough lone rocks there

>>2008930
But couldn't you just make cairns out of your local rocks? That's the way the natives did it.

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>>2009356
it depends entirely on where you live anon. the rule of thumb is: if you wouldn't make a family with the local girls, don't make a cairn out of the local rocks.

>>2009376
I thought the rule was ten days till easter, sleep with my seester.

>>2009376
I'd like to think that my rocks are better than most girls. I'd say this about all rocks except for diamonds. Never trust a diamond. Diamonds are a girl's best friend.

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>>2009383
>ten days till easter, sleep with my seester

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>>2004905
WE WIN

-Australia

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>>2009590
US has so many of those we don't even bother naming most of 'em.

>>2009591
lol It looks like the worker who painted the yellow lane divider line was drunk.

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>>2004905
take this one OP

>>2010463
Don't be stealing my colorado

>>2009591
I feel as though one could carve out a bitching ass castle out of one of those.

>>2010467
with enough fremen and lasguns you probably could.

>>2007827
You know your rock's been beaten when papers come up

>>2005079
That pun was shist

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Guys my lapis seems hurt, it has this fissure and I don't know what I should do, help pls.

>>2011072
We can't diagnose it over the internet, take it to the damn gemologist.

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I want to start a wild colony of bismuth in my local area. Should I just put 2 of them out there and let nature take its course, or should I do a steady, systematic release?

>>2011072
1: That's not lapis you mong, that's fuckin agate
2: This >>2011073
3: You bought a purebreed pyramid agate thinking it was lapis lazuli, I bet you got it from a byb you fucking scum.

>>2011122
Kill yourself, you're destroying the environment of native minerals and metals with your fancy edgy shit.

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I wear my rocks when I'm away from home. I also wear a bloodstone around my neck it's my birthstone and helps me feel grounded.

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>>2011073
My mom says we don't have enough money to see a professional gemologist, but it seems to be getting worse! Should I just keep trying to polish it out? Is the chrome polish dad uses on his Camaro the right stuff? Help pls!

>>2005194
>circumcising your pet rock

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>>2011218
I like my rocks uncut. Ruby master race, btw.

This fucking thread

>inb4 bugguy come in and says rocks feel only nociception

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Dint get a pearl, their high strung

>>2011072

Lick it

>>2011344
I'm less upset about the pun than the fact that you posted SU shit.

>>2011352

Hey when you make threads like this, its gonna be posted sooner or later

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>this thread is still going strong

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Get some nice Gallium, it has a melting point of 29.77 °C meaning it can melt in your hand, so you get to enjoy double the pet in two different states of matter, it looks fantastic and will love you forever.

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>>2007316
>Agate
only one of thoughs are SU and they didnt even refrince it. buthurt fig

>>2011403
thats not a rock or even a mineral
Get the HELL out

What should I feed a pet rock?

>>2011523
Your love.

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>>2010514

>>2011346
Steven pls

>>2010463

the pioneers used to ride these babies for miles!!

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>>2011250
>>2011378

>>2011198
Don't buy rocks you can't take care of, you're a shit owner. Find an owner for it that's less shitty than you. Or just watch your rock suffer and crumble.

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>>2011523
You can also do what the pagans do to "feed your rock".

Run it under clean water to cleanse it. Set it somewhere nice where it can bask in sunlight. Either put a little bowl of wine, liquor, ground corn or other nice food/drink in front of it or rest it in the middle of the bowl. Give the rock a day or two to let it eat/drink. Thank your rock for being a good rock, bathe it in water again, remove the food and let it go about it's business. Rocks have slow digestive and eating patterns as they are ancient so this only needs to be done maybe once a month.

You can also "smoke feed" your rocks. This works well if you have lots of them. Bathe each of the rocks and set up a small scaffolding (like a little table with mesh wire instead of a wooden top). Put the rocks on your scaffolding. Burn something rocks like and fan the smoke underneath them. Sage is very popular (usually sold as a "smudge stick"), but if it makes your rocks hyper you can also try resins like copal or myrrh. If using a resin, place a tiny bit of it on some hookah charcoal and set it in a bowl of sand to burn it. You want the rocks to be coated in delicious smoke! They will enjoy their smoky treat and be happy. Bathing afterwards is optional but helpful in keeping your rocks bright and shiny.

Enjoy well-fed rocks!

Pic related: delicious sage ready to feed some rocks.

>>2007530


I need ID on all those plants right fucking now. I know the carnivorous ones at the bottom of your window left.

God I fucking love your room you faggot. Actually jealous right now.

>>2007530
your room is beautiful! bet the air quality in there is fantastic.

would study in/10

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do you like my pet rock?

Best is if you can meet the boulders from where it spawned ,or preferably the grand pappi mountain

>>2013219
What's with the huge horizontal fissure on the lower half of the frontwards-facing plane? Someone needs to be more careful with their rocks. Don't wrestle with them, throw them off high places or try to make them do stunts. It won't turn out well.

Can it cook ?

Is breaking or cutting open a geode cruel or helping it live up to it's potential?

>>2013543
Very cruel. It's like breaking open a person's head for the brain

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>>2011523
Rocky road ice cream of course!

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>>2014780

>>2014783
But wouldn't feeding the rock pop rocks cause fissures?

>>2005077
>>2007038
CARLOS YOU FUCKING SMUG INBRED WETBACK SOB IF YOU MAKE ANOTHER GODDAMN PUN I SWEAR I GOING TO RAPE AND MURDER YOUR ENTIRE FUCKING FAMILY

My parents never let me have a rock when I was a boy ;_;

MINERAL FAG OF /v/

I SUMMON THEE

Are mixed breed rocks any good?

>>2016032
Are you going to stone me?

>>2016648
suck my rock faggot

>>2013219
Dwayne the rock johnsons arent for everyone. They start out real playful, always wanted to wrestle but before you can ever figure out what they are cooking, they get overly large and start pumping out bad action movies

>>2004905
I'd say get any kind of rock that seems to like you.
But in case something happens to it TAKE IT TO THE VET instead of posting dumb questions online

>>2011122
That's none of your bismuth anon.

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This thread rocks!

Pic is an uncut rose quarts I've taken care of
since I was a kid.

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Please guys

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Talc stone for sure.

It's from the sedimentary rock family so it's a purebreed. It hasn't got a clear surface so you don't need to worry about keeping it clean, as long as you don't allow it to be stained by dark things. Therefore it's very low maintenance.

It is also cheap and it is very soft so it gets the bonus points for cuddliness as well.

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>>2017934
Talc sheds all over though. Seriously, it will cover all your stuff. Talc are also really fragile, and might not be the best for first time rock owners.
(plus talc is a mineral not a rock)

and I thought Maude was crazy for befriending a rock.

>>2011523
cereals.

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I just moved into my new place and I found this in my garden.
It's pretty friendly - I could pick it up for the photo wihtout any problems and it doesn't look like it's planning on leaving. But I don't know what it is. Is it even a rock? What should I do to help the little guy (girl?) out?

>>2019717
This is a fucking giant "fire" opal. Where do you live? People pay crazy money for these, though geologically speaking not very exciting.

>>2004905
All my pet rocks have been strays. I make sure they have shelter and love. When I think they are used to people again, I give them away to friends with kids. I hope they love them as much as I did.

>>2005036
>from local river
>rough around the edges
Confirmed for knowing nothing about rocks. River rocks are the smoothest.

Wth at this thread I've never been so confused in my life, is everyone joking right now?? Rocks can't feel anything, they are rocks people ?!!

>>2020306

your mom can't feel anything

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I have a diamond.

Best ever, and beats my quartz every time.

>>2022195
That's mean. Quartz is a loveable breed.

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I'm think about getting stamped concrete
that way I can get a pet to my exact specifications

>>2019708
what does a 1970's sitcom have to do with rocks?

>>2023584
You're messing in God's domain, anon.

>>2022195
meme breed. did you get ot for instagram pics anon? or to impress chicks? go fuck yourself

>One month later, this thread is still alive

>>2020306
Get out. How dare you.

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What is this?

>>2024101
about a hunnet thousand dolla

>>2004905
Jesus Christ, Marie.

You should NEVER get cinnabar, it's viscous..

>>2024306
kek
A few years back I used a mercury amalgam on my dick to impress /sci/ with the benign nature of viscous minerals.

>>2024102
don't be ridiculous, it's maybe 16k at most
probably closer to 6

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>come to /an/ for the first time
>see this thread
>146 replies
>102 posters
>up since 32 days

Wow.

>>2023584
Those are some sexy tile patterns.

You guys wanna see my rock? It's pretty stiff and hard

>>2010469
The spice must flow!

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>>2004905
Trust me, your rock is gonna have a [spoiler]GNEISS time

>>2019708
Rocks; these are my rocks.
Sediments: make me sedimental.
Smooth and round, asleep in the ground.
Shades of brown and gray;
Like chalk and sandstone.

>>2004905
Anybody know some good rock breeders? I'm looking for something not too energetic but can handle a few walks around the block, and nothing too expensive. I don't need champion bloodlines, maybe just a mix or a hobby breeder.

>>2025609
you don't really breed rocks.
just bang two rocks together for a while and you'll get a bunch more babby rocks.

First time in /an/ and I'm having a wonderful time.

I'd adopt a service rock. It's really sad to have to say goodbye to them, but it's nice knowing that you helped someone in need.

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>>2025544

>>2025228
me too

How do you guys deal with the fact most rock breeds will outlive you? I know they aren't the smartest, but they can still form strong bonds with their owners. It just seems tragic when an owner dies and leaves a poor rock helpless and alone.

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>not gettting fucking Feldspar

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it's Taconite tuesday

I can't seem to find a stray rock that doesn't have an insect living underneath it.

>>2004905
Get a pet Gallium
>Can easily be both solid and liquid, so you get to enjoy two totally different states of matter
>shiny metallic color
>Can be molded into any shape when in liquid form
You can melt it into a cuddly shape, or any shape to fit your mood.

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Get some fucking marble OP. It takes a lot of time and skill, but you can train and sculpt that glorious hunk of metamorphic rock into a kickass statue.

>>2026068
Why would you sculpt your rock you sick fuck?

>>2026068
>>2026074

>sculpting

I'll never understand why people do this.
That or, God forbid, polishing.

>all idiots using the words "rock" and "mineral" interchangeably
I hate this thread.

>>2026074
>>2026078
Sculpting has been done on rocks for literally thousands of years. There is literally nothing wrong with sculpting.

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Mate, as far as pet rocks go I am a mad-cat lady.

>>2026535
very impressive. how long have you been caring for them?

>>2011346
lewd

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My rock had an infection and had to get surgery.
But don't worry, he's alright now.

Just saying, don't forget to put some money aside for emergency situations.

Is it true the pioneers used to ride rocks for miles?

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This is Mobin, and he is better than every single one of your inanimate paper weights

>>2029111

You keep it consistently submerged AND unkempt? Jesus christ, man...

>>2025735
I try to remember that as long as I take care of it and make sure that it passes on to a good home before I go, it will hopefull have many many more positive experiences.

Think about it. Some rocks are billions of years old. We aren't the owners, just the caretakers.

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>>2005193
underrated post to be honest