No one has ever been able to identify this, need help

[Windburry]

Hey guys, I'm new around here but I have this "stone/petrified wood/something" that I found in a sandy area of a shallow ditch that had a very very small almost river-like water flowing through it. I've had this since I was 5 years old, I'm now 27 and it's killing me to find out what it could be. It has a smooth texture.

If anyone knows, thank you so much.

-Brandon Britt

Here it is:

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It is pretty much unbreakable, yet it is lightweight for it's size, and doesn't sound like stone or wood when hit against surfaces.

also, someone once took a knife to it to see what it would do, it simply left a black mark that went away

it is 100% dry in these photos.

 

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[newgoldfinder]

Is there a Photo?

 

[Windburry]

ya, sorry about that. thought I had uploaded them :P

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

Might be a broken off piece of pottery it looks like it's glazed ?

 

[Windburry]

Thanks man I appreciate you giving me your opinion but I gotta say no sir, it is not glazed and it's definitely not from pottery. It is pretty much unbreakable, yet it is lightweight for it's size, and doesn't sound like stone or wood when hit against surfaces. :/

 

[Windburry]

also, someone once took a knife to it to see what it would do, it simply left a black mark that went away

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[Windburry]

Any thoughts friends?

 

[newgoldfinder]

I think google has a thing where you can put a photo in and it will search for similar items .

 

[Windburry]

I'll try it out and let you know, thanks a lot dude

 

[Windburry]

I took the photo and cropped it, uploaded it to google and searched by image....apparently it's pornography.. lol cause that is all that came up after searching

 

[Turkısh Man]

Rhodonite stone,MnSio2,hardnes 5.5-6.5 ( silicious manganese ore )

 

[Windburry]

Wow, thank you so much Turkish Man. You have made my day, 22 years of wondering...OVER with, haha

 

[Windburry]

Well I've just been searching for all types of Rhodonite and it seems very different. I'm leaning towards petrified wood that was smoothed out by water.. plausible?

 

[Windburry]

Dang, I thought this was the one place with the right people

 

[MrLee]

Give it some time. Someone will recognize is.

 

[Eu_citzen]

MrLee is right, we can't sit here all day.

It seems to me the pictures where taken with the stone wet, right?
Try taking pics of it dry. That helps a lot.

However, as a first impression I'd say sandstone.

 

[Windburry]

No, it is 100% dry in those photos.

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

I thought sandstone also and the weight being light would say that also but the wet look or glazed look throws that out the window. Although sandstone is full of silicates so if it had been heated it could have turned into a glass. So I am thinking it is Sandstone that has been heated somehow.IMO

 

[newgoldfinder]

Hmmm could be a alien rock. LOL just kidding.

 

[Eu_citzen]

Interesting, I did not expect that.

Take a loupe or some form of magnification and see if you can see "grains" in there. If yes, then it might be a sandstone none the less. (I kinda doubt it, though)

If that's the natural surface, perhaps jasper is a possibility.