I feel like the pic only, cool rocks vibe is great. Just people sharing their rocks.
this post was submitted on 02 Jan 2026
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A place for:
- Sharing cool rocks you found
- Discussing cool rocks
- Memeing about rocks
- Sharing rock facts
- Cool rocks
Minerals are cool, too.
Be gneiss to each other
Please use posts for your rocks. Feel free to add more pictures and links to articles in the post text.
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- Is chill
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Just people sharing their rocks.
That is why I am here.
I enjoy seeing the photos of cool rocks. I think it's fine if there's also an article to go along with the rock, but the post should primarily be about the photo of the cool rock itself.
Like, if there's a cool looking rock that came out of a volcano, and if there's an article specifically about how it came out of the volcano, that's great! But the post needs to be about the cool looking rock itself.
Maybe the post itself is just the picture of the rock, and OP should add the science stuff to a reply?
I like this compromise. People who want facts get their facts and the cool rock feed purists keep their rocks.
I think that if a place is called a Cool Rock place, then some news about cool rocks would be nice to have! Just not the icebergs please - they are really cool, but they are technically not rocks.
Don't worry, I'll keep the icebergs away. They don't belong here.
Yes! Give me rock facts!
I think it’s okay with no rule unless it becomes a problem. Mostly cool rocks interspersed with occasional articles sounds nice. Cool rocks with accompanying articles when appropriate sounds nice too.
I feel like we are not large enough yet to split cool rocks from cool rock news. Let's see how the community grows
I think too many rules ruin a community like a bad HOA.