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gemfeller Cave Dweller Member since June 2011 Posts: 4,064	CAN YOU QUICKLY IDENTIFY THIS MATERIAL? Apr 8, 2019 17:35:36 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by gemfeller on Apr 8, 2019 17:35:36 GMT -5 This cab is an "oddball" for material of this type. I've never seen another like it - except for a couple more I cut from the same rough. Just for fun can anyone quickly ID it?

MsAli misunderstood rock expert Member since October 2017 Posts: 11,455	CAN YOU QUICKLY IDENTIFY THIS MATERIAL? Apr 8, 2019 17:57:53 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by MsAli on Apr 8, 2019 17:57:53 GMT -5 NO clue but that is pretty sweet!
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gemfeller Cave Dweller Member since June 2011 Posts: 4,064	CAN YOU QUICKLY IDENTIFY THIS MATERIAL? Apr 8, 2019 18:53:30 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by gemfeller on Apr 8, 2019 18:53:30 GMT -5 Good guesses so far but none hit the mark. Keep it up, but warning: this is a weirdo.

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gemfeller Cave Dweller Member since June 2011 Posts: 4,064	CAN YOU QUICKLY IDENTIFY THIS MATERIAL? Apr 8, 2019 19:17:22 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by gemfeller on Apr 8, 2019 19:17:22 GMT -5 Not yet, folks...

jasperfanatic spending too much on rocks Member since January 2019 Posts: 463	CAN YOU QUICKLY IDENTIFY THIS MATERIAL? Apr 8, 2019 19:30:35 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jasperfanatic on Apr 8, 2019 19:30:35 GMT -5 Polychrome Jasper?
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Pat misunderstood rock expert Member since February 2012 Posts: 11,836	CAN YOU QUICKLY IDENTIFY THIS MATERIAL? Apr 8, 2019 19:31:13 GMT -5 via mobile gemfeller likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Pat on Apr 8, 2019 19:31:13 GMT -5 I assume the white circle is light reflection. Thulite? Common opal?
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Post by gemfeller on Apr 8, 2019 19:35:08 GMT -5

Apr 8, 2019 19:31:13 GMT -5 Pat said:

I assume the white circle is light reflection.

Thulite?
Common opal?

The circle is NOT light reflection, it's a pattern in the stone. And it's neither Thulite nor common opal, unfortunately.

ETA: Not polychrone either.

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Pat misunderstood rock expert Member since February 2012 Posts: 11,836	CAN YOU QUICKLY IDENTIFY THIS MATERIAL? Apr 8, 2019 19:37:58 GMT -5 via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Pat on Apr 8, 2019 19:37:58 GMT -5 Hmmmm, Ocean jasper?
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gemfeller Cave Dweller Member since June 2011 Posts: 4,064	CAN YOU QUICKLY IDENTIFY THIS MATERIAL? Apr 8, 2019 19:59:42 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by gemfeller on Apr 8, 2019 19:59:42 GMT -5 Not ocean jasper. I don't know if it'll help but here are images of the stone's "family," all from consecutive slabs.

socalagatehound has rocks in the head Rocks in the head Member since July 2013 Posts: 681	CAN YOU QUICKLY IDENTIFY THIS MATERIAL? Apr 8, 2019 20:06:35 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by socalagatehound on Apr 8, 2019 20:06:35 GMT -5 mookaite...
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rockjunquie Global Moderator Member since March 2012 Posts: 35,023	CAN YOU QUICKLY IDENTIFY THIS MATERIAL? Apr 8, 2019 20:06:35 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by rockjunquie on Apr 8, 2019 20:06:35 GMT -5 Mookaite?

socalagatehound has rocks in the head Rocks in the head Member since July 2013 Posts: 681	CAN YOU QUICKLY IDENTIFY THIS MATERIAL? Apr 8, 2019 20:07:23 GMT -5 rockjunquie likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by socalagatehound on Apr 8, 2019 20:07:23 GMT -5 Apr 8, 2019 20:06:35 GMT -5 rockjunquie said: Mookaite? Great minds think alike...lol.... and post at the same time.
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rockjunquie Global Moderator Member since March 2012 Posts: 35,023	CAN YOU QUICKLY IDENTIFY THIS MATERIAL? Apr 8, 2019 20:07:53 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by rockjunquie on Apr 8, 2019 20:07:53 GMT -5 Apr 8, 2019 20:07:23 GMT -5 socalagatehound said: Apr 8, 2019 20:06:35 GMT -5 rockjunquie said: Mookaite? Great minds think alike...lol.... and post at the same time. Yeah, I noticed that

gemfeller Cave Dweller Member since June 2011 Posts: 4,064	CAN YOU QUICKLY IDENTIFY THIS MATERIAL? Apr 8, 2019 20:08:05 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by gemfeller on Apr 8, 2019 20:08:05 GMT -5 Sorry, not Mookaite. But you're getting close.

socalagatehound has rocks in the head Rocks in the head Member since July 2013 Posts: 681	CAN YOU QUICKLY IDENTIFY THIS MATERIAL? Apr 8, 2019 20:09:19 GMT -5 rockjunquie likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by socalagatehound on Apr 8, 2019 20:09:19 GMT -5 Hahaha... and are wrong alike.... I have some Australian pink opal that's close..
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rockjunquie Global Moderator Member since March 2012 Posts: 35,023	CAN YOU QUICKLY IDENTIFY THIS MATERIAL? Apr 8, 2019 20:11:16 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by rockjunquie on Apr 8, 2019 20:11:16 GMT -5 My first thought was queensland agate, but I changed my mind. I think that's what it's called.