✅ SOLVED Serpentine or aventurine.... Found in southetn california while digging around 26 inches down

[Nobardin]

Hard to see from the pictures but it has blue speckles almost like metal flake in Automotive paint.

 

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[Nobardin]

More Information. Did a scratch test with a knife and it scratches easily. Fingernail does nothing. Looking for my piece of unglazed porcelain to do a streak test with.

 

[RustyGold]

Cool find! Welcome aboard!

 

[Tesorodeoro]

Cool find. You will figure it out eventually. E-Mail a college department maybe?

 

[blauer]

Without more information, and on first glance, either Aventurine or Serpentine.

 

[ARC]

Serpentine ?

 

[tamrock]

Serpentine ?

I agree, The California state rock.

 

[Stoned888]

Hard to see from the pictures but it has blue speckles almost like metal flake in Automotive paint.View attachment 2153932

Id say its nephrite or jadeit

 

[unclemac]

the jades are pretty hard so that would be easy to rule out.

 

[Tesorodeoro]

the jades are pretty hard so that would be easy to rule out.

But you would need a hardness scratch set to verify.

 

[Tesorodeoro]

Read this article fully if you truly want to identify or rule out yourself. Link

What state was it found in?

 

[Nobardin]

Hard to see from the pictures but it has blue speckles almost like metal flake in Automotive paint.View attachment 2153932

I appreciate all the answers and the time you all took to do so. Thank you all so very much.

 

[blauer]

Serpentine ?

Serpentine Group

 

[Bucket Lister]

When you enlarge the very first pic, the "blue speckles" can be seen to be tiny bubbles, like you might find in glass slag or obsidian.

I'm not saying I think it's either of those--it's just an observation.

 

[pepperj]

What state was it found in?

 

[wizenedmandrill]

Great find