{"id":24636,"date":"2024-03-19T17:23:41","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T17:23:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rockseeker.com\/?p=24636"},"modified":"2024-03-19T17:24:54","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T17:24:54","slug":"geology-pros-identify-47-different-rocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rockseeker.com\/geology-pros-identify-47-different-rocks\/","title":{"rendered":"Become a Rock ID Guru! Geology Pros Identify 47 Different Rocks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"#video\"><strong>Jump Straight To The Video<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If there&#8217;s one thing all of us enjoy doing, it&#8217;s looking for interesting and beautiful rocks. We may not know what they are exactly, but that rarely, if ever stops us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Believe it or not, each one of those rocks you pick up has a name. Wouldn&#8217;t it be so much more fun and interesting to know what those rocks are? 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