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[-] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Do driveways count? Because then I have a shit ton of rocks.

[-] Wren@lemmy.today 2 points 2 weeks ago

Absolutely. Let us know how many.

[-] Perspectivist@feddit.uk 5 points 2 weeks ago

Just one. I picked it up because it was round and I didn't have the heart to leave behind.

[-] HorikBrun@kbin.earth 4 points 2 weeks ago

IN my home? Not that many, just the extra special ones. Sapphires and opal I dug myself, a few fossils that are kind of fragile, and some.. um..."spicy" rocks. In double containment.

In my office are tons of neat hand specimens I found over the years. A few in my car I haven't categorized yet. A decent quantity of B-tier rocks that I could still do something with around the yard. Ooh, and 2 different landscape collections I keep at work.

Oh, and then: I have a house in another town that I lived in for 15 years. That place is fully landscaped and half buried with rocks :D It's the "home base."

[-] Wren@lemmy.today 1 points 2 weeks ago

... how spicy? We talking sieverts?

[-] HorikBrun@kbin.earth 2 points 2 weeks ago

I'm used to measuring in mRem which is a whole body dose equivalent. But you're on the right track.

[-] Jerb322@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Theses are just the ones in reach, a lot. To many to want to count.

[-] TomMasz@piefed.social 3 points 2 weeks ago

Less than a dozen, but more than zero now that I think about it.

[-] CoolerOpposide@hexbear.net 2 points 2 weeks ago

Literally countless. So many that they are decorating the homes and outdoor spaces of my family and friends

[-] Johnny_Arson@hexbear.net 3 points 2 weeks ago

disgost Better not be stacking them.

[-] CoolerOpposide@hexbear.net 3 points 2 weeks ago

Did you know it was me who started that struggle session? 👀

[-] Johnny_Arson@hexbear.net 3 points 2 weeks ago

Lmfao no, I just have passing knowledge of the most infamous silly struggle sessions and site lore and I did look it up. My favorites were Rock Stacking, and the fact that apparently there were struggle sessions about both (outdoor) cats AND dogs (pitibulls multiple times apparently).

[-] TheSlad@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago

I have no idea. Not even counting my displayed collection, i have a pile of rocks on my kitchen counter, and two boxes of rocks on the floor, plus more rocks around in various places...

[-] ButteryMonkey@piefed.social 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

The foundation of my house is made of boulders, do those count?

I have several dozen free of metal contamination that are in my turtle tank and aquariums. I found them on hikes, at beaches, and from lots of different regions.

I also have a bunch that have metal contamination (slag or natural deposits) which are in a jar because they kill invertebrates so can’t have them in the tanks.

Other than that I have lava rock on top of most of my plants.

[-] tamagotchicowboy@hexbear.net 2 points 2 weeks ago
[-] etherphon@midwest.social 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I guess about 20? I keep some cool rocks I've found on trips as mementos in a bowl under my Buddha statue, well, two are cool pieces of wood.

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