Help identify

[dakotama95]

I found this under my mom's house in the crawlspace. Can you help me identify it? I did test it under a blacklight and it did not have any flourescent properties. Thanks

 

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[Johnny Ringo Silver]

Thats what you would call a beer bottle quartz..............O.K. O.K.....I have no Idea!!!!
I was just trying to be funny!!!! Its past my bedtime for gods sake!!! LOL Good luck with that.
Johnny 8) 8)

 

[gollum]

Looks like Smoky Topaz.

Mike

 

[russau]

it looks like a conglomerate of garnet material.

 

[spiffyman]

have no idea, but its pretty, a great find!

 

[Eu_citzen]

Hey what hardness is it? (check out Moh's scale http://www.webmineral.com/help/Hardness.shtml)
My best guesses would be:
1) Citrine
2) Calcite

Smokey topaz as well as smokey quartz has a rather brown color this has not...

Regards,
Eu 8)

 

[LadyDigger]

it looks like a conglomerate of garnet material.

That's what I was thinking...a conglomerate...but of what...I couldn't figure out!

Nice rock though....and great shots of it!!!

 

[dakotama95]

Hey what hardness is it? (check out Moh's scale http://www.webmineral.com/help/Hardness.shtml)
My best guesses would be:
1) Citrine
2) Calcite

Smokey topaz as well as smokey quartz has a rather brown color this has not...

Regards,
Eu 8)

Ok I am not really sure on how to test the hardness but I did take a stainless steel table knife and was able to scratch one of the crystals so I don't think it would rate as a topaz. So would it still be in the Citrine or Calcite range of hardness? The color is a carmel brown or amber in my opinion. Thanks for your help. It is a really nice looking rock either way.

 

[goldgrubber]

I agree with russau. Looks like garnet to me too.

 

[Eu_citzen]

Ok I am not really sure on how to test the hardness but I did take a stainless steel table knife and was able to scratch one of the crystals so I don't think it would rate as a topaz. So would it still be in the Citrine or Calcite range of hardness? The color is a carmel brown or amber in my opinion. Thanks for your help. It is a really nice looking rock either way.

Check the link i provided. It has a quite good description.
Topaz -http://www.webmineral.com/data/Topaz.shtml
Hardness: 8
Citrine - (varriety of quartz) http://www.webmineral.com/data/Quartz.shtml
Hardness: 7
Calcite - http://www.webmineral.com/data/Calcite.shtml
Hardness: 3
Garnet -http://www.webmineral.com/data/Grossular.shtml
Hardness: 7.5
Here is the link again: http://www.webmineral.com/help/Hardness.shtml
Scatch object "A"(hardness known) with you unknown mineral to find out it's hardness.(If you scratch if it's less then "A" but if not it has higher then "A")
1.0-Talc
1.5- Between Talc and Gypsum
2.0 Gypsum
2.5 Finger nail
3.0 Calcite
3.5 Copper Penny
4.0 Fluorite
4.5 Between Fluorite and Apatite
5.0 Apatite
5.5 Knife Blade
6.0 Orthoclase
6.5 Pyrite
7.0 Quartz
7.5 Garnet
8.0 Topaz
8.5 Chrysoberyl
9.0 Corundum
9.5 Silicon Carbide
10.0 Diamond

 

[FLNative]

Sphalerite?
Here's a link to a page with a similar specimen about halfway down, hope this helps!

http://www.mineralatlas.com/mineral photos/S/sphalerite24cp.htm

 

[jewelerdave]

looks similar to a type of scrapolite, I have a plate sized piece of it that is very similar looking, same color and crystal habit too.

that would be my guess from what I can see and know.

 

[ATGem]

Garnet!!!!!!

 

[cerF]

Skarn

 

[jmann2424]

Man, That is a great find