My girlfriend got me this rock from Norway, can anyone id it?

[Mathias]

 

[jeff of pa]

looks like quartz to me

 

[Mathias]

looks like quartz to me

Oh it is? What are the black veins running through it?

 

[jeff of pa]

sorry, maybe someone else can say.

 

[Kel1]

Oh it is? What are the black veins running through it?

It looks like it could be tourmaline running through it??

 

[Mathias]

It looks like it could be tourmaline running through it??

Really how do you know? I looked it up and Norway doesn't really have tourmalite, do you think it got there by export?

 

[Mathias]

It looks like it could be tourmaline running through it??

Under very bright light it's almost green

 

[cuzimloony]

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Quartz and Black Tourmaline. The black tourmaline supposedly absorbes negative/bad energies/frequencies, if you believe that stuff. Keep it around, just in case I say

 

[cuzimloony]

Really how do you know? I looked it up and Norway doesn't really have tourmalite, do you think it got there by export?

Mindat.org

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www.mindat.org

Plenty of tourmaline in Norway...... I can't read what language it's in, but it looks like there are at least 14 mines that produce tourmaline in Norway. I could be wrong......

 

[Mathias]

Mindat.org

Mindat.org is the world's leading website about minerals and where they come from.

www.mindat.org

Plenty of tourmaline in Norway...... I can't read what language it's in, but it looks like there are at least 14 mines that produce tourmaline in Norway. I could be wrong......

Oh wow cool, no I could be wrong thanks

 

[Peyton Manning]

Sooooo your girlfriend got you a rock…….

 

[Kray Gelder]

It looks like quartz, the green is likely an algae, growing within the cracks.

 

[crashbandicoot]

Oh it is? What are the black veins running through it?

Norwegian Quartz with Norwegian black or green veins.

 

[Mathias]

It looks like quartz, the green is likely an algae, growing within the cracks.

Oh okay thanks!

 

[islamoradamark]

good pictures