Throughout the Black Rock area in Nevada one finds every conceivable rock you can think of.  Just about all of us have no idea what we are looking at.  Our rock collecting is picking up "monkey rocks', those shiny or neat looking peices everywhere.  In reality we come across all sorts of interesting things we actually take for granite -granted. This glossary defines many of the rocks we find with accurate descriptions and sometimes photos. Most of these rocks have crystal formations associated with them; which we do not cover. It is not intended to be a Geology Lesson.

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