How to Identify a Rock: App Edition 

"yes this is indeed a rock, thank you for buying our monthly subscription"

I am an absolute beginner and the Rock identifier app helps quite a lot. It is not 100% accurate but sometimes you get an idea in which direction to look further. It is faster than a book.

I would think wetting the rocks for the picture and filling the frame as much as possible with the rock would help.

I have been trying the first app out and getting the stone wet and filling the frame and getting close up gets pretty accurate results. I think for these to work you really have to get a good photo and have a wet stone to see detail better

Been watching Michigan Rocks for years, just found you. Great content, thank you!

Hi, interesting video! Just a brief comment on the porphyry. The term porphyry can be used basically for any type of volcanic rock if it has a porphyritic texture. Porphyritic texture means, that larger crystals (e.g. feldspars or quartz) are embedded in a fine-grade matrix. In fact, however, rhyolites exhibit commonly a porphyritic texture, so the app was not so wrong at this point. Addition for the ironstone: Ironstone is usually composed of hematite or magnetite, therefore hematite was also a quite good guess.

I love using Rock Identifier! I have never paid for a subscription and have been able to identify hundreds of rocks. One trick is to use the flashlight when you take your picture and zoom in as far as you can. It also has helped the app that we rock hounds that use it can correct the name when it does get it wrong. I have had a 90% accuracy rate with this app.

Nice hooded sweater! Thank you for sharing your thoughts on the rock id apps! Have a great day!

The stones are very beautiful with various motifs. I am a stone craftsman, every stone that has a good motif, I shape it as a ring to decorate my finger.

I literately just commented on another video about the first app 😅😅 I’ve been binge watching all your videos I didn’t notice you made this one until now but it’s ok love the videos ❤

Oh yeah, what a great video idea here, loved this! I'm not great at identifying rocks, not even good, but I will listen to everyone's opinions and that goes for an app too! This was cool to see, thanks!

Great video...thanks so much for posting this. I tried to down load the rock identifying app and had a bit of trouble 😅 getting it successfully onto my phone.

I have the first app and i mainly use it to identify if it is hard enough to tumble. I hope the technology gets better in the future.

Thank you Ariel, I have just signed up to the rock identifier app, have just id'd most of my unusual rocks. The first was a green & cream striped rock which I had no idea of & it's Amazonite.:)

Thanks for this video ❤

GPT-4 vision seems to do a good job if you also tell it where the rocks came from,

You are the human version of a rose quartz crystal 🌹❤️

Thanks!

I use the first rock identifier and it actually worked fairly well

Looks like a quartz crystal material to me in that geode.

Is there a book you would recommend for a newbie like me to identify rocks?

Thanks , i got 5 years o geology - im old - im having troubles - im seeking just metiorites , and i need to be absolutely sure - or i need definitive tests . Got any ideas? , keep looking down!

Does the app only identify the kinda rock it is or it also tells you if its gold or something?

7:41 The reason, more often than not, is because it is either a scam that does not work, or it is an app piggybacking off of another service that costs money (so the app marks up that price, so it can make money too)

None would work for me without payment

It did identify the host rock the fossils were in.

I am new to rock tumbling. And I enjoy your videos of identifying rocks. But I have been trying different ways of tumbling. Would it be possible or do you already know if it's better to tumble with plastic pellets or ceramic pellets? That would be a great video for some of us beginner's!

Those apps are usually a waste of money. I like "Rock & Minerals". A field guide... for each state. Usually very accurate.

Can u show us how to know if is a rock under the ‘light’?

Actually it was correct with the fossil. The fossil is likely made of limestone or sandstone. It got the geode correct too. Geode is just a word for a hollow rock that gets filled with quartz. Quartz is what it is.

how to identify stones, a very good video to watch friends, greetings from Indonesian agate seekers.

The first app will let you take many pictures but it doesn't identity them correctly obviously

the part about the geode is ridiculous. A geode can be various things! that's like asking it to identify 'is this round and hollow, or not'.

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I come here just to here her say "egg it"

One of my apps identified what I thought was a moss agate as a shell fossil today what’s the first time I seen fossil come up. It’s definitely not a fossil.

This app correctly id my fossils.

i believe the firs one

It is not for geodes

MINE THOUGHT GUM WAS A ROCK 😂😂😂😂

Limestone is made of organic material over millions of years 😂

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The Rock Identifier is $29.99 a year, so that's not too bad if you're willing to pay.

Stone identifier was a complete garbage app. 4 ads to see one rock result and it wasn't even close

Have you tried the app "lens" ?

Guys i found a rock called Agate how much is it worth it ?

This is a rock This is a pebble This is a stone Take notes class, there will be a test on Friday

Try Google lens

Yup. I don't think any of the apps are very good i have a couple that require you to do what you should do anyway. Scratch test, cleavage, crystal shape, etc. Keep the goodness coming. Be happy, safe and stay healthy 😷⚒

Tip- Type in FREE Before app preference

I was able to identify a fossil on the app. Wish I could post a screenshot of it lol

Google lens does the job and it's all free

I normally use google images to identify what rock/fossil it is 😂 and it’s not accurate most of the time😅 .. but I’m a bit old school and normally (try to) use a small book about rocks/fossils in Denmark, but I find it difficult to use because I don’t feel like the ones in the book corresponds with what I find😅and what I find, isn’t normally in the book… Can anyone (in Denmark) please give me a good “how/where to find rock/fossils in Denmark” book?😅, as I said, I’m a bit old school and enjoy the feeling of a book in my hands..😅 size of the book doesn’t really matter, but would be good if it was travel sized😊 Please and thank you 🙏

i have milky qurts

So disappointed. If it could be five different rocks, it’s almost like asking a weatherman about the weather for next week.

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The woman giving the narration is nauseating facial expressions

Why shouldn't someone pay for the App? After all someone has put in the time and effort and resources into creating it... by the way congrats on your great channel - really well done...

its called a book lol but informative video lol

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even if i didnt like rocks id still watch these videos because she is a cutie

i have had a rock app and it said my leg was a diamond

It is not for geodes