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Practical guides, fun geology facts, and everything you need to start identifying rocks like a pro.
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How to Identify Rocks: A Beginner's Complete Guide
Learn how to identify rocks at home using simple tests for color, luster, hardness, streak, and more. A practical beginner's guide to rock identification.
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15 Most Common Rocks You'll Find in Your Backyard (And How to Identify Them)
Discover the 15 most common rocks found in backyards across North America. Learn what granite, quartz, limestone, and more look like, and how to tell them apart.
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Quartz vs Glass: How to Tell the Difference (5 Easy Tests)
Not sure if that clear rock is quartz or just glass? Here are 5 simple hands-on tests you can do right now to tell quartz from glass. No geology degree required.
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