Nice point eyeballed today :) (: interesting material

[jamesbibb]

I was doing some detecting scouting on a colonial road when this point yelled at me. I almost didn't pick it up because the color lol

This material is quite green and slightly translucent do I'm thinking perhaps a flint or jasper neither if which are native to my area of VA.
Usually I find quartz points as shown from my last hunt here. And if I go in the mountains I'll find corser material there but this one is just kewl

 

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[NCPeaches]

That's a really sweet point...good eye! I find a lot of quartz too and they are very similar to your quartz points. Are you a SCV?

 

[Americus]

You had a nice hunt. Thanks for sharing.

 

[theviking]

Very nice, great find. I have heard of translucent green Quartz found in southern VA. Thanks for the view, H.H.

 

[jamesbibb]

That's a really sweet point...good eye! I find a lot of quartz too and they are very similar to your quartz points. Are you a SCV?

I guess by definition I am for sure
But not officially
My local chapters while great ones require a lot of time commitment of which I am short on these days. I serve on 2 different boards, work 40hrs week have 3 kids , several rental properties and operate a farm stead so any time I get to myself I'm diggin!

 

[GatorBoy]

Neat point
Looks like high grade Ryholite

 

[rock]

Hard for me to say on the material I find so much different types here and colors. Im not sure if we have Rhyolite here or not. It sure is a nice looking point!

 

[jamesbibb]

Very nice, great find. I have heard of translucent green Quartz found in southern VA. Thanks for the view, H.H.

Thanks
That may well be the source of it by trade then, this stone has almost a waxy feel to it so I'm unsure of quartz or not

 

[theviking]

Apparently there is a belt of blue/green Quartz that runs north and south through the middle of the state, who knew? One of the main attributes is a very "waxy luster", so says, Micheal A. Wise, in a lengthy PDF published by The Division of Mineral Resources. I also have some Smokey Quartz examples that also feel very waxy, much more so than the Milky and Vein Quartz pieces that I have. Having been found in central VA, its tough to say exactly what it might be. Lots of different minerals available in that area. Good luck.

 

[CoinandRelicMan]

Sweet point find there James !!

 

[old digger]

Cool Find! As I have said, "You find them where you find them."