Found this while gold paning/ Please help identify

[WesternMassGold]

Found this unusual rock about 6 inches deep in a gravel bank in Massachusetts. Its about 2 and 1/2 inches long 2 inches wide and 3/4 inches high and has blue , green red and orange crystals in it . Any idea what this could be? Thx.

 

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[WesternMassGold]

My thought is that its probably whats left of a pocket of crystallization. Not really a conglomerate but a bunch of different species of crystal that formed in a vug that has since eroded out of the host rock. Several species seem to be present though the primary appears to be garnet.

Thats my thought too. I saw pictures of the "Glasphalt Road" and it appears the glittering comes from the glass. My rock on the other hand glitters from the black part ,not the colored stones inside. You can,t even see the colors without magnification.
Also this "Glasphalt seems to be a rather new thing and the spot i found the rock is in the Boonies where no new roads have been build in a very long time.
I guess i just wait for the mineral show in August ( it kills me to wait that long). I do also appreciate everybody's input and thoughts and hope we can get to the bottom of this Mysterious Find.

 

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[Samantha_74]

I have one too!

 

[pretious]

Do you have any pictures u could post? I would be interested in seeing them. Somebody suggested black Malenite maybe.

Hey WesternMassGold, did you end up finding out what this was ?!?!?! Very , Very interesting !!!

 

[stdenis_jd]

Thinking it might be carborundum - man-made silicon carbide. That or asphalt/glasphalt

 

[stdenis_jd]

haha just realized this is a 4yr old thread

 

[pretious]

haha just realized this is a 4yr old thread

HAHA totally my bad , was just dumfounded

 

[Strangerock69]

Hey dude, I don’t know if your still active on this site or not but I have a VERY similar looking rock that also has not been identified and has baffled everyone that has seen it.

 

[Strangerock69]

Hey dude, I don’t know if your still active on this site or not but I have a VERY similar looking rock that also has not been identified and has baffled everyone that has seen it.

 

[Strangerock69]

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Also, does yours or anyone’s smell like ozone? When I scratch at mine it gives off that smell.

 

[WesternMassGold]

Also, does yours or anyone’s smell like ozone? When I scratch at mine it gives off that smell.

Hi Strangerock,i just saw your post by accident.
Finally somebody with pretty much the same rock that i have. Btw,mine doesnt smell.
I have taken it to the geology dept. at the local University,to a mineral show and nobody can identify it.
How did You find your rock? I found mine while gold panning in a river in Massachusetts.