Strange formation, looks like fruit

[Onelove]

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Found in louisiana. It has a milky white outer layer with yellow patina look . the part that has rings looks like typical brown rock but under light is transparent amber orange color. The crystal looking formation matches the arc of the outer part and has cells like an orange.

 

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[Treasure_Hunter]

Photos merged into single post.

 

[bologna321]

Looks like calcite crystals covered in flowstone like from a cave to me. Really cool find.

 

[Onelove]

I apologize for the post not being better organized but I'm on my phone in the boonies so its hard to operate normally and I have to take what I can get sometimes. If it uploads I hit reply before I lose the chance

 

[Onelove]

Thanks ! At least that gives me a direction to look. Being swamp land I don't know of any caves bit there very well could be. I found it in a creekbed

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

I apologize for the post not being better organized but I'm on my phone in the boonies so its hard to operate normally and I have to take what I can get sometimes. If it uploads I hit reply before I lose the chance

Your fine, I merged the pictures.

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[A2coins]

Welcome to tnet Cool find!!!!!

 

[lairmo]

Calcite/..waterworked quartz?

 

[flinthunter]

Botryoidal chalcedony maybe.

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

In my opinion, from having been a spelunker (cave-explorer), a Geology minor, and a rock-hound, Bologna321 got it right, with some specificity from Lairmo and Flinthunter. I've found specimens like Onelove's, inside caves and inside geodes.

"Botryoidal" translates more-or-less into "shaped like a bubble-cluster." It was difficult to find a photo showing a TRANSLUCENT botryoidal calcite specimen on the internet. The second photo at the link below is the best I could do. Use the "Magnify" feature to better see the translucent (semi-transparent) bubble-cluster-shaped structure inside the fossilized calcite seashell.
Fossil Seashell Cast Lot with Botryoidal Calcite Crystals - Meteorites for Sale, Galactic Stone & Ironworks

 

[lairmo]

Thanks ! At least that gives me a direction to look. Being swamp land I don't know of any caves bit there very well could be. I found it in a creekbed

finding it in a creekbed with no "known" caves around is a "little" puzzling.

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

With no known caves around, Onelove's find could have come from a broken geode in that stream. Makes me want to go rock-hounding there. Looong ago I found similar beautiful specimens of calcite, agate, jasper, chalcedony, and even some intact geodes in the streams at Paint Rock Valley, Alabama. You can guess how the locals came up with the name "Paint Rock Valley."

Some of the chert-nodule geodes had beautiful Amethyst crystals inside.

 

[P.ALLEN]

I agree with the calcite theories above. What sort of bank or river bed situation are we talking about here, mud, sand, gravel etc. Are a multitude of the rocks in the area yellowish (not like the specimen you listed) to tan? Have you found or saw flint or chert nodules there(roundish)? Presence of Flint or Chert would be further evidence to support the calcite ID. Are there any limestone outcroppings nearby?

 

[BIGSCOTT]

The elusive louisiana Opal.

 

[Onelove]

Thanks guys! I don't know much about the subject. This is actually my first time really looking into any of my finds. Usually I just find rocks I like , petrified wood , and native artifacts. This is actually from a man made lake that has been drained and this was in the old creekbed. I would love to find louisiana opal but I've all but given up on that dream. I found a land snail that's Semi transparentt as well. There are a lot of the rocks as described before. I think I found flint or obsidian and possibly amber. Both were found on land but are worn smooth so I assumed hey had been carried bc I found them within a couple feet of a nice arrow head and lots of chips. This one thing has puzzled me though. I honestly thought it was some type of petrified fungus

 

[Onelove]

 

[Plug N Play]

Petrified Palm Wood on that last one, would be my guess. (the dark variety)

 

[Onelove]

Well shows how much I know lol

 

[RustyGold]

Very cool find and I love that orange color. Thanks for the photos and welcome to the forum.

 

[Onelove]

Thanks ! I'm really enjoying this group so far. I'm from the country. I grew up arrow head hunting but I be realized I'm more interested in the unusual natural things I find. I don't have any education in the field. I just like rocks lol