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

Windburry

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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

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

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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. :/
 

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

######ANY opinion will be valued######
 

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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
 

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

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

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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?
 

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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.
 

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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:icon_scratch:
 

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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.
 

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