Help ID some rocks

You might have to wait until he shows up again, but we have a competent geologist here who will probably be able to help you.

Shav the last three are undoubtedly granite of one form or another. The first however needs expert appraisal. If specks flash it might contain mica but I'd bet as a whole it has a different name

One of our guys is really good at this sort of thing per S. above and doubtless we will soon hear from him

Great thank you, cant wait for this mysterious person to show up.

Farmer is one, Shav, as you may remember from an earlier thread

Ya he was very helpful.

Looks like schist to me.

Good guess, Tico, I guess
It's been such a long time……
Here's a remarkable resemblance

https://www.google.ca/webhp?hl=en&tab=ii&ei=bHtJU6aEOeXwyQHlyoAY&ved=0CBEQ1S4#hl=en&q=illustrated+schist

looks exactly like the black schist

The mysterious person is farmerman. I'll pm him, he might not have seen this.
Or, may be feeling un-rocky... which is un-likely.

Yes that was my guess in #…..156 above

Embarrassed by my laziness

Yea I'm sure we'll hear from him

Sure does Shav, doesn't it

that's as good as we can get from a picture. But its a metamorphic rock called "micaceous schist" It has a more exact and detailed id but that's something you can look up (type of mica, type of interstitial minerals , grain size etc)

2 is a granitoid, it may be a whole sort of granite like rocks depending on its mineral makeup and grain size. right now Id say DIORITE or
GRANODIORITE
All well rolled in a moving body of water. Probably cqme out of a cobble/gravel bed.

3nd 4 look similar except 4 looks like its got more pink feldspar. SO these could be "cousins" of granites called APLITE , or KALIALASKITE , ot it could be just a chunk from a mineral rich PEGMATITE VEIN.eg veins often carry gold. SO if you see metal flecks its a Pegmatite, if not, its the APLITe or ALASKITE possibilities (they are distant relatives of granites but I wouldn't worry about being more specific than a "form" pf a granite.

I must have stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night.

Farmer I appreciate all the input. Ill respond in a couple days with some of my findings. Been a little hectic.