Here's a geology question. I found a rock roughly the size of a cantaloupe melon in the rock garden at my home in Oklahoma. It looks like a big piece of of opaque quartz. There appear to be a couple of other minerals, or metal combined with the quartz. I'm wondering what the other two items might be. One looks like a type of rock, it's a pinkish color that has some dark lines marbled through it. The second looks like it might be a silver metal. It's hard to tell for sure, it's very shiny and might just be some crystal clear quartz that broke of so smooth that it's very reflective. Any of you geology fans out there know what I might be looking at in this chunk?Thanks!
Quartz is ground quartz formed into a counter top by mixing with plastic resins and color dyes. The advantage is easy to clean up. Resistant to staining from food prep. Nice appearance. You can pick the color and pattern you like. The Cons are: You can't set a hot pan on it because of the plastic resins holding the ground quartz together. It will leave a burn spot. You can't use it for a cutting board, your knife will leave cut marks because of the resin bonding agent. You can dent or knock out chips if you drop something heavy on it like a pot or appliance.
