What kind of stone is this?

[LocomotionMind]

I found this a long time ago at my uncle's, but never got it checked out.

 

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[RW]

Looks like a petrified watermelon Jolly Rancher someone didn't like the flavor of. Quarts would be my uneducated guess. Neat rock.

 

[LocomotionMind]

Haha, it's about the size of a Jolly Rancher too!

 

[sawmill man]

You could allways taste it and see.

 

[LocomotionMind]

Viable option. Haha

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

You could post in the rock forum a little lower down the page and they can probably give better ideas of what it is.To me it looks like the glass you used to be able to blow that was a toy that was banned.In the 60's or 70's.

 

[Tpmetal]

Where was in found? in water? on land? in a store?

 

[LocomotionMind]

Found it in a duffle bag with other miscellaneous rocks.

 

[LocomotionMind]

Glass, huh?

 

[Red James Cash]

Maybe pink tourmaline,maybe ruby.

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

Glass, huh?

I am not downgrading your find I am just giving an idea this is a Mohs scale to test the hardness of the stone to eliminate some guessing.You could take to a gemologist but don't let out of your sight.
https://www.nps.gov/articles/mohs-hardness-scale.htm

 

[LocomotionMind]

Totally didn't think you were downgrading it. Haha
..My curious mind just wants to know. Thank you for the advice!

 

[bradyboy]

I'm being generous by saying glass slag

 

[bradyboy]

not a stone - sorry

 

[CivilWarSaver]

I kind of looks like it was molded in a cast. Can you see the creases of the sides?

 

[Simon1]

When I was a kid we use to find what looks extremely similar along the Mississippi River. I can still remember it because these were smooth and had similar angle to it which did not seem normal, but ours was a small rock for sure, at least up until we smashed it. We "theorized" it was so smooth due to being along the river for a long time.

 

[A2coins]

Jolly rancher that's to funny

 

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[Tpmetal]

I'm being generous by saying glass slag

slag would not be That color or without more impurities. Could be tumbled glass though for sure.

 

[LocomotionMind]

So, the consensus is glass then, right?

Crap. Hahahahaha