This one baffles me

[vibes]

I found it at a rock pile in No. Indiana.

here's a few pics:

Anyone willing to add their insight?
Please and thank-you

 

[vibes]

Thanks TAKODA, but what's considered ancient? I ask because I live in a glacial drift zone and it seems as if all the 'good' stuff was stripped or pushed down south. Come to think of it, gravity did the same number on me....LOL

 

[EggyOG]

It is betroidal (sp?) quartz (chalcedony) inside a geode. The area around Bloomington is full of them. Someone probably threw it there either when it broke wrong or they didn't want geodes of that particular form.

 

[coinman66]

Looks like Leaverite. ----------------------------Should of left er rite there where you found it!
Just kidding around. Looks like a nice specimen of something. Nice find!

 

[vibes]

Chalcedony? perhaps... but not 100% positive with that ID.
But I can kinda see where you'd get that.
I've attached another pic for reference.

Bloomington is an easy 3 hours south of me.

 

[trish76642]

Tori girl, that is an odd look'n rock! Pretty cool though i must say. Surely theres a Geologist on T-Net somewhere

 

[extractor]

Looks like it maybe in the Chalcedony family. I'll add pictures of my sampies in a few days

 

[vibes]

ok, extractor...and I'll hold ya to it

 

[trish76642]

hi darling!

i found a great websight with very helpful people when it comes to identifying rocks.
http://www.dirtyrockhounds.com

some very smart folks on there. Their all rock hounds.

you should post some of your pictures in there.

 

[vibes]

~trish~

Thank ya much!!! I'm headin' there now

 

[trish76642]

~trish~

Thank ya much!!! I'm headin' there now

good girl

 

[extractor]

Ok Vibes Here they are.

 

[Shtrider728]

Nice.I have some chalcedony that looks like that.It came from a large geode-type of rock

 

[TimC]

The white stuff inside, if it is stone, looks to me like common opal. I have found geodes with common opal in them. Opal is not just in Australia.

TimC


Now here are a couple nice pieces of chalcedony.

 

[drgest]

ok vibes - let us know what you found out from that dirtyrockhound site