What is this?

[supra889289]

Puns this the other day while digging on a site with the backhoe. I have no clue what it is. One pic of the whole thing and one close up of a spot that recently broke off. That spot has some red and orange colors to it my first thought was granite. But I'm thinking it's not. Any clue?

 

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[supra889289]

 

[kingofbane]

You are going to need to give more information then that my friend. You are going to have to do a streak test, hardness test at least.

 

[supra889289]

Idk what any of that is haha

 

[supra889289]

I'm a gold panner just found this lol if you can tell me what to do ill do it

 

[kingofbane]

I'm a gold panner just found this lol if you can tell me what to do ill do it

Get a nail, penny and a piece of glass. As well as a un-glossed piece of porcelain. See if the your finger nail will scratch it. If not turn to the penny, if not turn to the glass if not the nail. Then scratch it against the un-glossed back side of a tile. And look at the colour.

 

[supra889289]

Ok I'll try as soon as I get home

 

[supra889289]

Ok so nail no penny no glass no nail just barely not even noticeable and it left no color on the back of a tile

 

[kingofbane]

Your going to need to find a piece of quartz and try to scratch the quartz with your rock.

 

[supra889289]

Hmm ok I gotta find some then lol. I have no clue what this thing is I thought it was a big piece of garnet

 

[mouseman]

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I'm not sure but my Audubon book points out hematite with iron oxide and that hematite with iron oxide can be different colors. But, that's what some of the pictures in my book point out.

 

[supra889289]

Hmm I've got no clue is there anywhere I could take it?

 

[Brian T. Booth]

Puns this the other day while digging on a site with the backhoe. I have no clue what it is. One pic of the whole thing and one close up of a spot that recently broke off. That spot has some red and orange colors to it my first thought was granite. But I'm thinking it's not. Any clue?

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Looks to be a microcrystalline quartz nodule.

 

[supra889289]

Is there any way to tell?

 

[StoneWhisper]

if anyone knows me.. I tend to answer the same way... Chalcedony.. to soem degree.. It looks like a hard outer shell with a simi creamy inner shell.. But one thign that can help your images is cleanign the sample then actually get it wet thus allowing the light to reflect from the sones true colors. Thou you've taken the images in direct sunlight.. for close shots.. try a true white light bulb so that it doesn't case a "yellowie" haze over the image or stone.. Your doing fine..

 

[supra889289]

I have cleaned it I'll take a wet pic when I get off work and I'll agree it seems to have an outer shell I want to cut it in half but I don't know how

 

[supra889289]

Or how do I get the hard outer shell off

 

[StoneWhisper]

In my cace I had to wait nearly 4 years till I found someone to cut my Creamy White (outer shell) Dark Grey (inner Shell) Thunder egg.. Search some of my older post here. I belive I actuall traded half of the stone to another user here.. Anyway.. I searched High and low for someone that had a slab saw and found soemone with a heavy duti tile saw.. which can work just as well. make sure its a wet cutter and not a dry cutter.. and if you ahve bad hands Like I do.. best leave the cutting to others.. Hehe. I know of one user that didn't have the talent to get someone to slab cut stones.. so she put the stone in the lawn and drove over it with a lawn mower.. I would advice you doing this.. But it worked.. damaged her blade but cut the stone just enough for me to finish it off with a hammer and chizel.

 

[supra889289]

Hmm I heard 10" tile saw with a diamond blade

 

[old digger]

Looks to be a microcrystalline quartz nodule.

Looks like a quartz or chert nodule.