What is this type of rock?

What is this type of rock?

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Waitforme

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1,240 posts

170 months

Saturday 23rd July 2022
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I saw this strange looking rock when walking in the Scottish mountains, it appears to be made from a large stone but with lots of crushed rocks of different makeup attached to it .



Bill

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261 months

Saturday 23rd July 2022
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It's quartz, very common.

Roofless Toothless

6,015 posts

138 months

Saturday 23rd July 2022
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Quartz is a mineral, not a rock. It could be a quartz breccia though.

OP - anywhere near Tyndrum/Dalmally?

Waitforme

Original Poster:

1,240 posts

170 months

Saturday 23rd July 2022
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It was in the Ben Alder range near Dalwhinnie