Milky-Green Quartz-like rock

[NCHomesteader]

The first is with flash on and is a decent rep but the transparency is milky closer to the top and bottom and is clear in the middle. Is this an algae or natural colorization?
It doesn't appear vivid enough to be emerald and darker than most peridot I have seen. It is brittle, this piece just broke in half when it fell on the floor...what is it?

 

[DDancer]

Try posting down in the Rock forum The green is natural but you can test it by putting it in some bleach for an hour. If its organic it will go away but I suspect it wont. Pictures in natural light would help.

 

[Huntress19]

Here is a thread that I really like and gets a lot of attention...and I'm very curious what your rock is!! I'm in NC also...if you don't get a definitive answer here, there is a guy in Chapel Hill who can tell you what anything is!

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/h...ified-post-here-gimme-good-picture-3-4-a.html

 

[NCHomesteader]

Here is a thread that I really like and gets a lot of attention...and I'm very curious what your rock is!! I'm in NC also...if you don't get a definitive answer here, there is a guy in Chapel Hill who can tell you what anything is!

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/h...ified-post-here-gimme-good-picture-3-4-a.html

Thank you for the link! Be sure to follow up, I am curious to know as well! This part of NC, close to TN and VA(Watauga County) is rich with quartz deposits of varying types (Rose, Smokey, Chrystal Formations, etc) that are somewhat more likely to be found, so this "green quartz" was a neat find!