strange material I.D. please

[birdpointgriswold]

I'm in NC and never in all my hunting seen anything like this before.. I know some of you know your material very well and would appreciate the thoughts.. it seems to have a little flaking on one side but doubt its anything. Thanks for your time guys

 

[GatorBoy]

You alredy got my opinion..lets see what happens.

 

[GaRebel1861]

I don't know but if I were to dare to take a wild guess and understand that this a guess.......Fossilized tree sap?

 

[birdpointgriswold]

I don't know but if I were to dare to take a wild guess and understand that this a guess.......Fossilized tree sap?

Jurassic park!

 

[GatorBoy]

He is close.

 

[GatorBoy]

Kidding aside..I think its agatized wood. A super material for knapping..and beautiful to boot.

 

[GaRebel1861]

He is close.

Since you said that, you have me really wondering what it is. I guessed that because of the lines in it which made me think of the oozing of pine sap that fossilized. I'll follow and see what it is.

 

[theviking]

Citrine

 

[NC field hunter]

I was going to say pet wood because of it's transparency and visible lines at the core of the stone. Ill have to look it up. It's not impossible to find rubies, emeralds, gold, silver and I have been told low grade diamonds here. Cool find!!

 

[timekiller]

Looks like sunstone to me.Here's some that I have that sure looks close.
Take Care,
Pete,

 

[GatorBoy]

I've heard of sunstone in Oregon but never in the Carolina's. Where did you get yours?

 

[theviking]

I think you got it, Pete. Tough piece to I.D. The agatized wood is a good guess also.

 

[timekiller]

I've heard of sunstone in Oregon but never in the Carolina's. Where did you get yours?

Mine came from here in N.C.,................................

Sunstone was not common until recently. Previously the best-known locality being Tvedestrand, near Arendal, in south Norway, where masses of the sunstone occur embedded in a vein of quartz running through gneiss. Due to the discovery of large deposits in Oregon, Sunstone is now readily available.
Other locations include near Lake Baikal in Siberia, and several United States localities—notably at Middletown Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Lakeview, Oregon, and Statesville, North Carolina.
The "orthoclase sunstone" variant has been found near Crown Point and at several other localities in New York, as also at Glen Riddle in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, and at Amelia Courthouse, Amelia County, Virginia.
Sunstone is also found in Pleistocene basalt flows at Sunstone Knoll in Millard County, Utah

 

[timekiller]

Couple sites..............
Sunstone: Sunstone mineral information and data.

Sunstone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[GatorBoy]

Woah .. Take it your into rocks and gems. I would still have to say Your sunstone looks alot like agatized wood. And I don't see lines in the sunstone.

 

[birdpointgriswold]

Sweet looks like it to me! Thanks timekiller

 

[GatorBoy]

Agatized wood

 

[timekiller]

Woah .. Take it your into rocks and gems. I would still have to say Your sunstone looks alot like agatized wood. And I don't see lines in the sunstone.

I'm in to everything thats at least 200yrs old.
Take Care,
Pete,

 

[timekiller]

Sweet looks like it to me! Thanks timekiller

Just tring to help buddy you asked so I gave my best answer,it looks like mine & I know mine's sunstone.
Glad to help,
Take Care,
Pete,

 

[birdpointgriswold]