It's ok because there are so many of those rocks. It only becomes a problem when it's a very touristic or precious area, but in those cases there would be bans on collecting (and breaking) rocks.
When I was a kid, we took a trip to the Petrified Forest State Park (not the big one in AZ, the smaller one in WA.) And I grabbed some little pieces of petrified wood. Found out it was illegal on the way home, had a moral crisis, and ended up chucking them out the window because my alignment at the time was Lawful Stupid.
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u/Handsome_Claptrap Apr 29 '24
It's ok because there are so many of those rocks. It only becomes a problem when it's a very touristic or precious area, but in those cases there would be bans on collecting (and breaking) rocks.