✅ SOLVED Can anyone identify this mineral?

[Steve1236]

I found this out hiking. I came across these stones, I only picked up one but I'm curious if I should go back and grab more, is it worth anything and what is it? Much thnx...

 

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[scotter1]

quartz

 

[Steve1236]

I meant the bright colored mineral under the layer of qaurtz, do you know what it is?

 

[RelicHnter]

Might be amber

 

[Steve1236]

I thought that too at first but its almost like opal with color play in it, idk but I don't think its opal but it shure is pretty....

 

[Rookster]

Don't know but it sho is pretty.

 

[kingskid1611]

When you look real close it looks like a petrified snot ball

 

[Steve1236]

Maybe location would help, near wickenburg Arizona.

 

[Plug N Play]

Chalcedony/Quartz Carnelian/Quartz Chalcedony Fire Agate/Quartz

Any, or all, of the above.
Finding better specimens, large enough to be faceted or cabbed could be rewarding ... especially if you can find larger pieces with "fire" in them.
I'd follow any hints of "fire" and see if I could locate a richer source of material.
Chalcedony and carnelian can be semi precious gem stones, but the real score would be to hit "fire".

 

[Steve1236]

What would fire look like and could it be hidden under the chalcedony, when I chip away the white, that color keeps going, almost the whole stone, it does color play in the light?

 

[Plug N Play]

The white part is pretty useless, ... the "fire" came up because you mentioned an "opal with color play" look.
The fire will be in and around the colored portions, and is a matter of carefully examining your finds as you explore.
It looks like colors that seem like more than just color, but, colors that arise from deeper in the stone, and sparkle, or dance, as it rises up through clearer agate. Ie: it originates "down in the rock", and not simply surface color.

Fire agate can be very beautiful, and if you see it, you'll know it, especially if you can track down some richer samples.
It's worth digging for, if you get in a rich spot.
Sometimes fire will appear as folks grind down and polish a stone, but the good stuff, you'll know you're into it in the field.
Follow the fire, in your search, ignore the quartz, and only save the colored chalcedony or carnelian if you begin to run into large, very clear high grade samples that can faceted into gem/jewelry stones.