Anything special, I love it but I want your opinions?

[Steve1236]

I decided to cut the bottom off that Brownish Oxblood plume stuff, I don't really care for the white, which I thought was maybe common opal but after checking mindat it mentions a mineral kaolinite is found in the area which better describes the hardness and tenacity of the cream white mineral but I was amazed on how it looks, I thought I'd share and what do you all think, should I target this kind of material when I'm out there next time?

 

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[dirtfishinMS]

I would. That's beautiful.

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

Pretty amazing what Mother Earth has made. Beautiful piece . I would get more.

 

[Steve1236]

Thanks guys, I hope to find some more of this stuff, it kind of reminds me of bouquet agate in a way, maybe I'll coin it "winter roses" idk sounds cool.

 

[Clay Diggins]

Not kaolinite. Kaolinite is a very soft white clay often deposited in masses along active faults. It's the clay that real China porcelain is made from.

What you have here is quartz. Lots of different common names associated with quartz. Generally agate would be used for the quartz appearance you have here but it's all just quartz. Very pretty material you have but unless there is some quantity of material of the same quality/appearance it would be futile to associate a name with this particular deposit.

If this material is well consolidated you could cut and polish cabs and have a marketable product. If you don't value your time you could consider cutting quartz cabs a paying profession. Better profit will be had by discovering a large deposit of fairly consistent quality. Come up with a name, market the stone and slab the material up and sell it to lapidaries then you could make a profit. Find two or three large deposits of good quality and you could make a living - if you don't have to pay too much for the rough stone.