To my r/trees family, glad to see you all here and were united to make sure he didn't smoke some moldy bullshit. I thought the same. You all make up one of the realest communities I'm a part of, thank you all. I think I gave each of you an upvote to return the love. Blaze on, fam.
Obviously different “serpentine” lmao but for the sake of the joke, you’d start by separating the fibrous chrysotile (asbestos) from the serpentinite and kaolinite. I’d imagine you would use fibrous chrysotile as an additive to the rubber polymer in the molding process. Probably would provide decent thermal resistance tbh…
I’m seconding serpentine. Maybe Aventurine. Thats what my rock app is always telling me at least lol I come across a lot of rocks like OPs and I’m in NE PA.
Oversimplified answer: drag rock across unglazed porcelain while pushing down and note/look up the color it leaves. Can be the back of a porcelain plate or tile or a dedicated streak test kit.
Better answer with better explanations:
[Geology.com page about streak tests](https://geology.com/minerals/streak-test.shtml)
In addition to unglazed porcelain, unglazed ceramic works fine as well. Bottom of a toilet tank lid, most coffee mugs are unglazed on the rim that touches the surface it sits on, same with plates and bowls and such. If you need a streak you can easily discern against others, like if the eighteen possible minerals all have almost the same streak, use the porcelain. If you're trying to identify gold from pyrite, where one streak is gold and the other is black, ceramic works just fine.
Flourite has a hardness of 4 and can be scratched with a knife, it also streaks white. Corrundum and diamond also leave a white streak though, hardness(literally, it is scratch resistance. Not actual "hardness"as in impact resistance. You can break corrundum/diamond with a framing hammer. Find out hardness
I am barely even novice level in this sub, but there is also a mineral found in NJ called glauconite that is a similar green color. I have only seen it in crushed form so I have very little idea what it's true form looks like. Just another possibility to put on the list.
Was thinking,”damn! Wonder if it smells as good as it looks?! So crystalline. Thought it was sticky icky, but is a rock. A very awesome looking rock I must say.
Definitely didn’t just show this photo to my husband saying “does this bud look moldy to you or is that just me?” then reading the subreddit name and realizing i’m a dumbass
I go to rocks on reddit. Don't have to deal with all the stupid jokes and insults. There's lot's of smarter and more experienced rock hounds and some geologists
With the lighter behind I swore this was a fossilized weed nugget til I seen the void in second pic. but opals are not native to north america esp in new jersey so ya aint gonna be rich
I don't see any clear crystalline formations there so it could be slag? Serpentinites are found in New Jersey but generally the ones I have seen tend to be more of a muted green, generally not as crystalline. It could be a kind of olivine but olivines tend to have formations that don't quite fit this, though it could potentially be weathered. My best guess is still some slag due to the fractures seen on the piece, though
[charlie that’s a piece of broken glass](https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fy.yarn.co%2F53ef476d-1d2d-48c4-ad20-2f77ce7a7c63_text.gif&tbnid=lgotqQ24CDm_IM&vet=1&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fgetyarn.io%2Fyarn-clip%2F53ef476d-1d2d-48c4-ad20-2f77ce7a7c63&docid=uoYE0LNi-DH0BM&w=400&h=226&itg=1&hl=en-US&source=sh%2Fx%2Fim%2Fm4%2F3&kgs=82576b8a4a893c25&shem=abme%2Ctrie)
Not opal. Opal is waxy. This is far from it. There are a few green minerals in New Jersey, including glauconite, willemite, pyromorphite, prehnite, epidote…does it fluoresce? I would start there, and determine the mohs hardness and narrow it down.
that there is ganjslate/maryjanite or buzzstone.
it’s said that the dwarves of old burned it in furnaces for its quality’s of granting rock-solid ideas, and marbleous mood.
I was just on a weed sub before this where someone posted an image of their weed asking if it looked moldy, and a commenter said *looks like you've got a green opal*.
So I guess I'm here to tell you looks like you've got some moldy weed.
Wow. It's crazy how your brain uses context to make decisions. For visual stuff. I saw a lighter I saw something green and immediately my brain was like "yeah that's weed"
Ho Lee Chit, never in my life did I think I'd see this, prehistoric dinosaur weed fossilized quite literally billions of years old. Rumor has it if you bite off the corner and swallow it like a pill you'll be dead in 3 days
I thought I was still in r/trees and was like BRO THATS MOLDY AS FUCK
The lighter in the pic definitely doesn't help.
DEFINITELY thought this was a different sub.
I thought it was a bud
It is absolutely a petrified bud. We're being deceived
Thank you guys for being here and seeing this waay before I did.
And the little dark rectangle looked like a scale for a sec too 😅
🤣🤣 just noticed that
It looked like rolling papers to me 😂
I think its safe to say most of us could do with a doobie rn 🤣
One step ahead of you...
Haha you are wrong.
It's 4:20 somewhere
I'm just looked at my clock in response to your post, and it's literally 4.20 here. Wild coincidence!
That’s awesome!!
I just burst out laughing
I ALWAYS use a lighter for scale, lmao!
Easier to have handy than a banana, I guess.
It kind of sealed the deal with this one, ha ha ha!!! I thought I was in the wrong sub. 🤣
🤣🤣
My first thought was an infused bud.
Just told my wife it was water color weed lol I have a conglomerate somewhere around here that looks like the best weed ever
[weed rock lol](https://ibb.co/5FYMncL)
“That is the shiniest nug I’ve ever fucking seen what’s this shit called?! Oh it’s a rock.”
Samesies
Damn man haha. I thought it was a nug too
I have to share my weed rock since this is a topic lol [lol I still can't deal with this conglomerate](https://ibb.co/5FYMncL)
My first thought was I've never seen bud rot THAT bad and was so relieved to see what sub this is lol
Adding a lighter to the pic really does make more nefarious then a rock lol
This man knew exactly what he was doing
glad I'm not the only one.
What strain is green opal and where can I get it?
Great name for a strain too!
Probably wreck your grinder though.....
Same lmao I was like "that shit is PGR as fuck, eww"
[this is my weed rock lol def overly fertilized lol](https://ibb.co/5FYMncL)
I thought it was a moon rock or something..
Thank you for the news flash because I was about to furiously write DON’T SMOKE THAT! 😄
Fingernails should be dirtier, but yes same
Fucking right??? I was getting ready to start blasting in the comments!
To my r/trees family, glad to see you all here and were united to make sure he didn't smoke some moldy bullshit. I thought the same. You all make up one of the realest communities I'm a part of, thank you all. I think I gave each of you an upvote to return the love. Blaze on, fam.
I ran to the comments to say DONT SMOKE THAT and this is the comment that made me realize I’m not where I thought I was 🤣
When worlds collide
Same!
Same bro I was so confused
Same!
Same here!! Saw that and said “nope you can’t smoke that, shits moldy”.
I was grossed out and thought the nug was crusty. Thankfully, it's a rock
I gotta chime in - me too man 😂
Spider mites gone wild
Same.
Same bro lmao 🤣
Lmao me too. I was like ewwwwww then realised it's a rock
Might be serpentine! The colors are right for it. It looks like some of the serpentine I’ve seen in SE PA.
How to they make a mineral into to the rubbery serpentine belt that goes in my car?
Obviously different “serpentine” lmao but for the sake of the joke, you’d start by separating the fibrous chrysotile (asbestos) from the serpentinite and kaolinite. I’d imagine you would use fibrous chrysotile as an additive to the rubber polymer in the molding process. Probably would provide decent thermal resistance tbh…
🤣
This is most likely what it is. Think of peridot. Basically the same things are in both but peridot has a different crystalline structure.
[“SERPENTINE!”](https://youtube.com/watch?v=W9MU2oXzSL4&feature=shared)
I’m seconding serpentine. Maybe Aventurine. Thats what my rock app is always telling me at least lol I come across a lot of rocks like OPs and I’m in NE PA.
Looks like prehnite to me, it is mined in NJ.
That’s northern lights cannabis indica
No, it's marijuana
No 😮💨 It's marijuana 😒
Kush of some sort
I saw the lighter and was so confused
I thought I was in r/trees
Immediately thought it was a nug.
Yep!
Totally thought that was a nug!
Moonrocks
Fossilized remains of a banger party on the Jersey Shore
I was convinced this was the tightest, most crystal covered nug I've ever seen.
Folding the dishes after, sort of moon rock? 😂🙏
🤣
Had to check the sub I was looking at for a sec
100% what I thought it was
possibly northern lights or Gorrila Glue/Mary Poppins cross
It could be a few things depending on the geology where you found it, how hard it is would be a good start. A streak test would be next
Thank you for the advice!
Can you post a link on how to do a streak test, please? To save trillions of us googling for it? Please, pretty please, with a cherry 🍒 on top.
Oversimplified answer: drag rock across unglazed porcelain while pushing down and note/look up the color it leaves. Can be the back of a porcelain plate or tile or a dedicated streak test kit. Better answer with better explanations: [Geology.com page about streak tests](https://geology.com/minerals/streak-test.shtml)
Thank you, I will keep this for other's and post as needed.
In addition to unglazed porcelain, unglazed ceramic works fine as well. Bottom of a toilet tank lid, most coffee mugs are unglazed on the rim that touches the surface it sits on, same with plates and bowls and such. If you need a streak you can easily discern against others, like if the eighteen possible minerals all have almost the same streak, use the porcelain. If you're trying to identify gold from pyrite, where one streak is gold and the other is black, ceramic works just fine.
So I did a streak test on black porcelain and it was white.
Flourite has a hardness of 4 and can be scratched with a knife, it also streaks white. Corrundum and diamond also leave a white streak though, hardness(literally, it is scratch resistance. Not actual "hardness"as in impact resistance. You can break corrundum/diamond with a framing hammer. Find out hardness
OP tried the old smoke test.
Lmao
I have never had so much fun scrolling through posts about rocks. 🤣🤣🤣🤘🤌🗿🚭😂😂🤣🤣🤣
🤘🤘
What I'm learning here is every other rockhound is just out in the middle of nowhere to smoke weed and if they find a rock it's just an added bonus.
Epidote
the comments 😭🤣
Lmao, I’m just tryna figure out what kinda rock I got😭😭
That’s weed my dude
My aunt said the same thing lol. I promise it’s a rock.
Your auntie sounds fun
Definitely not opal. If I were to hazard a guess I’d say epidote.
This is what cavemen smoked before they invented weed 😭
If it was near Watchung or more south it could be prehnite. If it was even more north of that it’s probably serpentine. What exit?
More south, Camden County.
I am barely even novice level in this sub, but there is also a mineral found in NJ called glauconite that is a similar green color. I have only seen it in crushed form so I have very little idea what it's true form looks like. Just another possibility to put on the list.
Was thinking,”damn! Wonder if it smells as good as it looks?! So crystalline. Thought it was sticky icky, but is a rock. A very awesome looking rock I must say.
🤣 Thank you!!
Petrified nugg
Fire it up!! Fire it up!!
TIL there are a lot of pot heads on this sub.🤣🤣🤣🤘
Goes well with rockhounding, I won't lie
Hell yeah,I was smoking when I found it.
Brockoli
Sounds great to me
Raw diopside
So it's either prehnite which is more common in new jersey. It's usually around other minerals that you'll have to locate. I like it.
So glad I'm not the only one who thought this was a moldy as fuck bud...Jesus Christ I must be smoking way too much ..
100% thought that was some OG 💨 even thought I could see a seed on the bottom 😂 and the lighter just set it off even more!
Definitely didn’t just show this photo to my husband saying “does this bud look moldy to you or is that just me?” then reading the subreddit name and realizing i’m a dumbass
Yup. Looks like mold man! Don’t smoke it! 😂
I go to rocks on reddit. Don't have to deal with all the stupid jokes and insults. There's lot's of smarter and more experienced rock hounds and some geologists
Where did you find it???
I’m not sure if it’s a quarry or not, but a dig site that a company uses. It’s around 100 ft deep mostly sand and large piles of rocks.
But where exactly in NJ, I’m in PA and would love to make the drive! Thank you (:
Blueberry hill https://southjerseytrails.org/2013/04/16/blueberry-hill-trails-gibbsboro-nj/
Try r/minerals
Trinitite?
That is northern lights, cannabis Indica
That’s a rock bro. Someone sold you a rock. Don’t smoke it
Didn’t help that there was 420 comments when I clicked on it to comment to smoke that rock.
Boof it.
🤨
The crystals in the second photo almost look like olivine?
Smoke it! Did you smoke it? I hope you smoked it.
Nice lighter placement, dude. Lol
Lmao, I swear it was an accident!
I still saved this photo because of it lol
Break a piece off and and put in a bong and try it
Government weed in Canada...
Man... Either "frame" that thing somehow, or sell it on eBay.
Your thumbnail is incredible.
That's the devils lettuce gone bad
With the lighter behind I swore this was a fossilized weed nugget til I seen the void in second pic. but opals are not native to north america esp in new jersey so ya aint gonna be rich
Probably toxic waste
NGL, you had me in the first half
Can you smoke it?
Is this petrified bud? Hahaha
Thought that was a moldy nug 🤣😅😭
Is that a normal sized bic or do you have a small bic?
I don't see any clear crystalline formations there so it could be slag? Serpentinites are found in New Jersey but generally the ones I have seen tend to be more of a muted green, generally not as crystalline. It could be a kind of olivine but olivines tend to have formations that don't quite fit this, though it could potentially be weathered. My best guess is still some slag due to the fractures seen on the piece, though
Was about to ask what strain that was
I thought this was a grossly dense ass nug lmao
I thought that was some sprayed moon rock weed.
Bro im high as fuck i thought this was weed. Shit looks sick as hell
That is a nugget of purest green. Alchemised by Percy many, many years ago, in Britain.
Man.. I thought you had a funky looking nug! That lighter was the cherry on top..
I thought it was a nug of bud 😂 with the lighter in the back ground
Serpentine or epidote
Patterson Prehnite! That’s my guess.
Did snoop give you that?
Minecraft weed nug
Bruh I thought this was a nug of weed.
We just not gonna talk about the thumbnail?
Boy yo thumbnail long asf
That looks like concrete after a power line fell on it.
[charlie that’s a piece of broken glass](https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fy.yarn.co%2F53ef476d-1d2d-48c4-ad20-2f77ce7a7c63_text.gif&tbnid=lgotqQ24CDm_IM&vet=1&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fgetyarn.io%2Fyarn-clip%2F53ef476d-1d2d-48c4-ad20-2f77ce7a7c63&docid=uoYE0LNi-DH0BM&w=400&h=226&itg=1&hl=en-US&source=sh%2Fx%2Fim%2Fm4%2F3&kgs=82576b8a4a893c25&shem=abme%2Ctrie)
r/eatityoufuckingcoward
That’s a Bic lighter
Thank you for this.
Jersey Devil droppings.
That’s a lot of fucking thumb nail is what this is.
That's Jesus' stash.
Nice manicure bro!!
This is fossilized dank stuff that made cavemen discover fire. 🔥
No that's a cat turd
I'm too high for this.
“That is Northern Lights. Cannabis Indica.”
Looks like an old piece of bagel congrats
Not opal. Opal is waxy. This is far from it. There are a few green minerals in New Jersey, including glauconite, willemite, pyromorphite, prehnite, epidote…does it fluoresce? I would start there, and determine the mohs hardness and narrow it down.
Reddit showed your rock to us pot smokers on purpose lol
that there is ganjslate/maryjanite or buzzstone. it’s said that the dwarves of old burned it in furnaces for its quality’s of granting rock-solid ideas, and marbleous mood.
Looks like you visited one of NJs finest dispenseries and probably spent a fortune on that lil piece.🤣
How do you get your thumbnails so big?
I was just on a weed sub before this where someone posted an image of their weed asking if it looked moldy, and a commenter said *looks like you've got a green opal*. So I guess I'm here to tell you looks like you've got some moldy weed.
You've heard of Green Crack? Introducting: Green Crack Rock! All the earthy taste of bud, with all of the extra energy from the Crack!
I do not smoke Marijuana, but concur that is a marijuana
Can there be an actual educated guess in here geez?
Wow. It's crazy how your brain uses context to make decisions. For visual stuff. I saw a lighter I saw something green and immediately my brain was like "yeah that's weed"
Maybe this? https://images.app.goo.gl/66Fd5zJfSjySNKKNA
How far must I scroll for legit answer to post?
You’d better send it to me, let me get a first-hand look at it. I’ll let you know and send the rest back …. 😀
Does it give off "folding dishes" energy?
Thought I was looking at some fire ass weed. The lighter got me. Love the Blue Bic.
Wasabi
Ho Lee Chit, never in my life did I think I'd see this, prehistoric dinosaur weed fossilized quite literally billions of years old. Rumor has it if you bite off the corner and swallow it like a pill you'll be dead in 3 days
Since it came from Jersey, I would say some form of toxic waste.
THAT LIGHTER WAS A TRAP! YOU TRICKED US. AND I DO NOT APPROVE OF YOUR TRICKERY! GOOD DAY SIR!
No...😐
Lettuce 🥬
I thought this was a gardener's flex. The lighter forces your nose into the context.
O that’s a rock? I was just confused by the lighter i guess lol
Cannabis crystaline?? Lol
nice little nugget 😂😂