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Rocks with crystals inside worth.
All precious stones are a possible answer to your question they are called precious because they are worth something.
Collect several rock samples with crystals before identifying them.
Epidote is common in medium grade metamorphic rocks as well as igneous rocks that have undergone alteration.
Over time as mineral rich water seeps into the rock it beings to deposit tiny crystals on the sides the hollow cavity.
Diamonds emeralds topaz are rocks although from a technical point of view are minerals in crystal form.
Shells tree branches roots and other organic materials often decay away to leave a void for the formation of mineral materials.
Geodes are rounded hollow voids in rocks filled with crystals and other minerals.
Many excellent books and websites have been written to help identify crystals on or within rocks.
Geodes are rarely perfectly smooth.
Epidote is occasionally used as a gemstone.
You can conduct a streak test with a piece of unglazed porcelain the back of a porcelain tile is ideal.
A common stony meteorite called a chondrite can sell for 25 or less but a slice of iron nickel pallasite laced with olivine crystals can easily fetch a thousand times that.
It ranges in color from yellow green to green black to black depending on its iron content.
Sometimes traces of the inside crystals are visible on the surface.
I bought these rocks from a small etsy shop they claim to have crystals inside when you smash them open.
Geodes in sedimentary rocks are usually found in limestones dolomites and calcareous shale in these deposits a gas filled void can serve as the opening for geode formation.
You obviously don t want to crush your rock if you think it s valuable but that isn t necessary.
They are typically formed when air bubbles inside of volcanic rock form hollow cavities.
The texture of a geode s exterior may have a cauliflower like appearance.
Gemmy olive green crystals of epidote.
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Look for rocks that have a unique bumpy texture on the exterior.