Learning about rocks/minerals at my campsite

Thursday, February 5

Cloudy overcast skies though still warm with a high of 79° F though it felt chillier without the sun's rays shining throughout.

Friday, February 6

Sunny and warm, a mo' better day for desert solitude relaxation.

At my campsite, there was a gathering, by type, of rocks and minerals placed there by a rockhound apparently.  I took a closer look at the stuff today, using Google Gemini to help ID the stuff:

Outside "cauliflower" surface of a geode

The "inside", an Agate Geode according to Gemini 

botryoidal chalcedony according to Google

Black Tourmaline 

Jupiter Rock aka Picture Jasper

Kind of looks like a mountain scene eh?

Same stone, wet

Same stone, wet, in sunshine

I this this stone's a keeper, might even get it polished up 

Red Jasper

Aventurine, red jasper, quarts pebbles

Black Obsidian 

Stromatolite 

Tonight's sunset was mild....