Beryl with hyalite opal?

[Steve1236]

So I found this in a pile of rocks in the garage my friends dad collected from out in the area I prospect for fire agates, he walked off somewhere while I was digging for fire so I'm not exactly sure where he picked this piece up but it has to be close by, I'm thinking beryl and the fluorescent green is hyalite opal, it's a thin layer only but there's thin layers throughout the rock when I shine the short wave all over the specimen, I could be wrong about the identifications, someone please set me straight if I am wrong. Thanks,
Steve.

 

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[smokeythecat]

Beryl is not normally a white color. It is always in hexagonal crystal form. Hyalite opal is possible, but a uranium mineral is also possible. Hard for me to tell the crystal structure from the pics.

 

[Steve1236]

Thanks for the reply smokeythecat, yeah that was just a guess from from the shape in the first pic, I'm just talking about the big white crystal that's flat on top,quarts doesn't scratch it, the reason I said hyalite opal is because its thin, doesn't remind me of the Chalcedony out there and it fluorescent green in regular light super bright without having to go into a dark room like I have to do with my Chalcedony from out there, scratches a little easier and it's also listed in the area. Thanks again, anymore ideas I'd love to hear.

 

[Steve1236]

I just through it in super iron out, I'll see how it looks cleaned up better and I'll try and take better pics of the crytals formations.

 

[DDancer]

Quartz can scratch opal (due to the softer crystal structure) but not itself so you'll have to try the hardness test on the white bit with a bit of beryl, hardness 7.5 to 8, or topaz. Like smoky said there's no defining crystal structure to it that says beryl. To me it looks like blocky massive quartz and overall it looks like a conglomerate but I doubt thats the case. I agree with smoky that you may have a good bit of a uranium mineral in it from the florescent kick your getting in bright conditions. Pretty nice. Be interesting to see it after it cleans up.

 

[Steve1236]

Well if its nothing special it saves me a long circular mission searching around the area I dig for fire lol, I'll post a pic of it cleaned up a bit more a little later on today. Thanks DDancer

 

[Steve1236]

A little cleaned up, the circled areas with the translucent botryoidal is where it fluorescent bright green. What do you all think, thin layer of Chalcedony or hyalite opal?

 

[fuss]

Chalcedony...final answer Steve.

 

[fuss]

Been waiting to use that family feud line on ya.

 

[Steve1236]

Lol fuss...
Quartz scratches it pretty easily...
Maybe it's Chalcedony with a little less hardness than usual?

 

[Steve1236]

Colorless botryoidal willemite maybe?

 

[DDancer]

Not going to say no to Willemite because it is found in AZ. The hardness kinda lends to my thought as well but chalcedony can be soft enough to scratch with crystal quartz as well. Not seeing any opal myself as the whole stone is highly crystaline. Here's a link : https://www.minerals.net/mineral/willemite.aspx
As to determining if its Willemite you'd have to send it to someone who can analyze it, maybe find a dealer in Franklin PA who'll look at it. If it is that'd be noteworthy.