This one baffles me

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Thanks TAKODA, but what's considered ancient? I ask because I live in a glacial drift zone and it seems as if all the 'good' stuff was stripped or pushed down south. Come to think of it, gravity did the same number on me....LOL
 

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It is betroidal (sp?) quartz (chalcedony) inside a geode. The area around Bloomington is full of them. Someone probably threw it there either when it broke wrong or they didn't want geodes of that particular form.
 

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Looks like Leaverite. ----------------------------Should of left er rite there where you found it!
Just kidding around. Looks like a nice specimen of something. Nice find!
 

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Chalcedony? perhaps... but not 100% positive with that ID.
But I can kinda see where you'd get that.
I've attached another pic for reference.

Bloomington is an easy 3 hours south of me.
 

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Tori girl, that is an odd look'n rock! Pretty cool though i must say. Surely theres a Geologist on T-Net somewhere :icon_scratch:
 

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Looks like it maybe in the Chalcedony family. I'll add pictures of my sampies in a few days
 

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hi darling!

i found a great websight with very helpful people when it comes to identifying rocks.
http://www.dirtyrockhounds.com

some very smart folks on there. Their all rock hounds.

you should post some of your pictures in there.
 

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Ok Vibes Here they are.
 

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The white stuff inside, if it is stone, looks to me like common opal. I have found geodes with common opal in them. Opal is not just in Australia.

TimC


Now here are a couple nice pieces of chalcedony.
 

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