Identify Rocks from Lake Luzerne

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Could someone identify these rocks I collected at Lake Luzerne yesterday?

http://sciencetexts.angelfire.com/lakeluzernerocks.html"
 
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Could be granite, but the pics are way too blurry to tell.
 
Yeah, it's a bit blurry because I took the picture off of my webcam so I apologize for the picture quality.
 
It's particularly the second picture I think looks a bit like granite, but I can't really tell. If it is, I'd think it would look like this: http://www.lewis-clark.org/media/NewImages/VIEWS/geol_granite-gray-hyndman.jpg
 
matthyaouw said:
It's particularly the second picture I think looks a bit like granite, but I can't really tell. If it is, I'd think it would look like this: http://www.lewis-clark.org/media/NewImages/VIEWS/geol_granite-gray-hyndman.jpg

I got an overhead shot of it and reduced the brightness. I hope this helps.

http://sciencetexts.angelfire.com/luzernerockbdark.jpg"
 
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matthyaouw said:
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I added the picture onto the original website I posted. It's the third picture down.

http://sciencetexts.angelfire.com/lakeluzernerocks.html"

Let me know if you have any problems accessing it.
 
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Since the books in the background are in focus and the rock isn't maybe if you take a step back, you can get a sharp picture of the rock. Just a thought.
 
Looks like a possible Quartz Monzonite to me. Seems to be a fair bit of k-feldspar and lacking in Qtz. That could just be the lighting in the photo however.
 
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