✅ SOLVED Just a pebble?

[ChrisBlox]

My five-year-old found this today in a pile of fresh-turned dirt in an historic area. Lots of glass, broken pottery and a very small bullet casing in the same area. Wondering if it's just a perfect pebble or something more interesting. Thanks!

 

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[old digger]

You do not mention what part of the country that it was found? I have some items that look very much like your item, (I do not have the capabilities to post photo's) but your item looks like a water eroded topaz.

 

[ChrisBlox]

I'm in central Louisiana. Historic area. We've found arrowheads and such in the area as well. It may be topaz! It's so perfectly smooth though. And not quite as pretty as the pics I'm pulling up. I'll do some more looking. Thanks!

 

[PaddyB]

When I was a child at school one of my classmates brought in a handful of stones like this. His parents lived in the Middle East and these things turned up regularly in the desert there. The Geography teacher said they were probably Quartz, worn smooth by sand erosion. They are unlikely to be glass - too thick and even I think. Topaz seems a bit extreme - it is a scarce enough stone and it would be extremely rare for it to get eroded so perfectly.

Try using your pebble to scratch a piece of glass - I think it should do so easily. If it does then try it on a steel knife blade - if it does that too it will be quartz.

Nice things though and these things would have been natural amulets to our forebears!

 

[A2coins]

Looks like a petrified jellybean

 

[Backwoodsbob]

Try holding it to a light. Your in an area similar to mine. I find glass and pottery also. The important thing is the shape.

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[AU Seeker]

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Try using your pebble to scratch a piece of glass - I think it should do so easily. If it does then try it on a steel knife blade - if it does that too it will be quartz.

Nice things though and these things would have been natural amulets to our forebears!

The hardness test will not rule out it being Topaz, quartz has hardness of 7, Topaz has a hardness of 8, they both will scratch steel, unless it's hardened steel which has a hardness of 7.5 to 8.

All the stones in this photo are Topaz, I'm not saying the stone posted in this topic is Topaz, but I'm also not saying it isn't, best bet is to take it to a gemologist to be tested.

And Topaz comes in a variety of colors, the ones in the photo are classed as Silver Topaz.

http://prettyrock.com/php/facet-rough-gem-topaz.php

 

[d2]

We find those here in South Arkansas on, in and around old Indian house sites. I always assumed they were a type of quartz and have always heard them called " Indian Diamonds " I have one here on the computer desk that I picked up out of our oat patch earlier in the spring that is broken on one side. The oat patch is part of an Indian house site...d2

 

[PaddyB]

The hardness test will not rule out it being Topaz, quartz has hardness of 7, Topaz has a hardness of 8, they both will scratch steel, unless it's hardened steel which has a hardness of 7.5 to 8.

All the stones in this photo are Topaz, I'm not saying the stone posted in this topic is Topaz, but I'm also not saying it isn't, best bet is to take it to a gemologist to be tested.

And Topaz comes in a variety of colors, the ones in the photo are classed as Silver Topaz.

Gemology, Gem Rough,Gemology,Gem Identification Tools,Facet Rough - PrettyRock.com

So good to get an erudite and educated response - I have learnt from this and will be less dismissive of these little pebbles if I see them again!

Thank you AU Seeker.

 

[ChrisBlox]

Wow! This is very helpful! Thank you!! Although it does look a lot like a petrified jelly bean, it may be topaz. I'll have to have it checked just for my son's sake. He's intrigued and wants to go find more treasure now. Thanks again!