Post subject: Need help identifying this stone please
Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2017 5:24 pm
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I’ve tried posting this several times and never works. Maybe it will here. Found this stone in a river a while back and was wondering if someone could tell me what it is. Maybe Smokey quartz?
Post subject: Re: Need help identifying this stone please
Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2017 7:12 pm
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White chalcedony, similar to that found in botryoidal "desert roses" is my two cents. Agates are banded, chalcedony isn't. A hardness test might be in order. Chalcedony is 6.5-7 Mohs.
Post subject: Re: Need help identifying this stone please
Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2017 9:26 pm
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ROM wrote:
White chalcedony, similar to that found in botryoidal "desert roses" is my two cents. Agates are banded, chalcedony isn't. A hardness test might be in order. Chalcedony is 6.5-7 Mohs.
The image above looks very similar to what I have seen, over the last couple of days, while having a look over an old chrysoprase mine in the Australian desert. Also explains the big broken (not banded) white pieces that had the look of broken glass left lying at the side of the pit. Thanks for the info
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