✅ SOLVED Newbie. Please help me identify

[gagirl0469]

Hi. I found this at a creek in Western N.C. need help identifying. TIA

 

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[Icewing]

It's a rock.

 

[old digger]

Welcome to tnet!

Your item appears to be a stained piece of quartz. Possibly from certain minerals in a stream.

 

[gagirl0469]

Thanks old digger(:

 

[Terry Soloman]

Maybe quartz.

 

[vpnavy]

1st - I noticed this was your very first post - so, Welcome Aboard GAGirl0469! Take a look at Forum: Georgia for information (i.e., clubs, etc.) directly related to your state.

2nd - If no one can identify your find - you might consider posting your pictures on ROCKS/GEMS for more exposure...

 

[Reanm8er]

Welcome Ga Girl! This quartz may be stained with iron oxide (rust).

The streams in Western NC are great places to find semi precious and precious stones. I once fished for trout in the Swannanoa River east of Asheville. The light wasn't good when we first got there so we waded into the creek and got on with fishing. It was in August and the water was warm enough to wade in shorts and sneakers. I was wading about knee deep and getting bites right along. After about an hour or so my legs started itch like crazy. I first thought I'd gotten chiggers and then maybe something in the water was biting me? About that time the sun came up over the mountain and illuminated the creek. I could see tiny red stones swirling along in the water. My father in law said, "Oh yeah, did I mention the garnet mine up stream from here?". I laughed like crazy but it took almost a week before skin grew back.

Best wishes!

 

[gagirl0469]

Thank you all(: