BurntBear
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I accidently bombarded HuskerHunter's thread with this photo, so to avoid doing that again; I'll start from scratch, lol.
I recovered this while mining for gemstones and gold in North Carolina. I found it buried approx. 2 feet down in the stream gravel-bar. First, it appears that it was formed un-naturally. I have many specimens of Chalcedony & Obsidian and their fragments don't look like this. Second, I found absolutely NO chalcedony the whole day I was mining, except for this piece. From what I gathered, it does not naturally occur where I found it or there would have been more, for sure.
Which brings me to the conclusion that this is in fact an artifact. If I had found any other fragments of Chalcedony, I wouldn't ponder this as much. Any input?
I recovered this while mining for gemstones and gold in North Carolina. I found it buried approx. 2 feet down in the stream gravel-bar. First, it appears that it was formed un-naturally. I have many specimens of Chalcedony & Obsidian and their fragments don't look like this. Second, I found absolutely NO chalcedony the whole day I was mining, except for this piece. From what I gathered, it does not naturally occur where I found it or there would have been more, for sure.
Which brings me to the conclusion that this is in fact an artifact. If I had found any other fragments of Chalcedony, I wouldn't ponder this as much. Any input?
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There is more in that creek than just that. HH
