Anyone know what this is ????

[old man]

I picked this up off the beach near the 1715 wrecks last year. Being house bound after some recent surgery. I was looking at the piece and dropped it. It appears to be covered by coral. This broke open and it appears to have quartz crystals inside. Has anyone ever found anything like this I have no idea what it is. Any help would be appreciated.

 

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[G.A.P.metal]

What a nice surprise ! i have no idea what it is.
Gary

 

[ropesfish]

That, sir, is a very nice geode.
Here's the Wikipedia description: Geode - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nice find in an odd place for a geode. I have only seen them come from deserts.

 

[fmfdoc]

I'll chime-in with ropesfish: Looks like a quartz geode. I've seen a couple around the McKinnie region of Virginia, too!

 

[huntsman53]

Due to the dullness of the crystals inside, I believe that it is a Calcite Geode.


Frank

 

[Salvor6]

Frank got it right. My buddy collected (literally) tons of it from Tampa Bay.

 

[stefen]

Was visiting a Rock & Mineral Shop several miles away which exhibited several geodes about 6 feet high and maybe 3 feet wide...filled with purple amethyst crystals...absolutely stunning...

In fact, they have several thousands of baseball size geodes which they will cut in half...its always a suprise what they find inside...sometimes crystals of different colors and others are solid.

Geodes come in all sizes, shapes and colors...

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[jose50]

I've a part of a large amethyst geode with large (3") crystals and a nice deep color. The whole thing weighs about 25#. Anyone have any idea of its value?

 

[Mackaydon]

Old man,
First, I wish you a fast recovery from your recent surgery. Since you are also interested in the "1605", I can tell you we found similar material buried deeply on Swan Is. while searching for the "1605" and other goodies; turned out to be calcite.
Don..

 

[old man]

Old man,
First, I wish you a fast recovery from your recent surgery. Since you are also interested in the "1605", I can tell you we found similar material buried deeply on Swan Is. while searching for the "1605" and other goodies; turned out to be calcite.
Don..

Don and everyone else, thanks for the replies. I knew that the experts would come through. That's why this is such a great forum. Don Thanks for the Best wishes. The First 3 days were the hard part. I feel better now then I have in years. Those triple bypasses aren't that bad. The hard part was the hospital food for 10 days.
Good Luck to all this year.