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Banjocreek
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Identification, Please Mar 31, 2005 22:37:21 GMT -5

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Post by Banjocreek on Mar 31, 2005 22:37:21 GMT -5

I know this sort of looks like porcelin Jasper, sort of, them maybe Ozarkite, or is it something else?
Any clues from the geologists out there?
I am running into a bit of it and would like to be a little more certain of it's identity if possible.
I find that putting rocks like this on e-bay as "neat looking rock", doesn't do all that well ;D
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Can anyone tell me if this is 'Chinese writing Rock'?
I was told that it was like...Chinese writing rock, but is it, or isn't it?

So in conclusion, as I do have alot of rock for sale, there are some I just don't have a names for to tell you what they are, and I still have research to do on a bunch of Agates I have so...
Any help is appreciated

-Banjo

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puppie96 driving up their electric bill Member since November 2003 Posts: 2,773	Identification, Please Apr 1, 2005 3:26:06 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by puppie96 on Apr 1, 2005 3:26:06 GMT -5 I don't know, but it looks a lot like the stuff I pick up here, and I know that some of what I have is mozarkite. The second picture looks like flint and maybe the lower left on the first picture. I am guessing!

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Identification, Please Apr 1, 2005 7:47:19 GMT -5

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Post by Cher on Apr 1, 2005 7:47:19 GMT -5

I'm sorry Banjo, I have no idea at all on the first one.
The bottom one does look sort of like Chinese writing rock but the white is usually criss-crossed and clustered like little flowers. Here's some info I found that might help you decide if it is.

This is a limestone matrix with andalusite crystals. It is also called Porphory. It received the name Chinese Writing Rock or Stone because of the crystaline structure resembling the Chinese characters of the written language.

The stone is known to be found in the Auburn, California region of the foothills of the Sierra Nevadas. It strongly resembles the Chrysanthemum stone, another limestone matrix and andalusite crystal stone from China, but the crystals in that stone spray out into a chrysanthemum pattern - hence the name. This stone comes from the Yangtzi River Valley of the Hunan Province of China.

Colors range from a very dark gray or almost black to creamy white, both of which have a slight greenish cast. A dramatic looking stone, it is a 5-6 on the Mohs scale.

Cher

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Identification, Please Apr 1, 2005 12:08:52 GMT -5

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Post by Eric on Apr 1, 2005 12:08:52 GMT -5

hey Banjo...
let me know if you find the name for your first rocks. i have some of that stuff and tumbled it. it looks pretty cool...but the piece i have is only about the size of my finger nail. i think i got it from the lake michigan shore, but i'm not sure....
anyway...good luck!

Voodoo Rage starting to spend too much on rocks Member since February 2005 Posts: 127	Identification, Please Apr 1, 2005 12:12:51 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Voodoo Rage on Apr 1, 2005 12:12:51 GMT -5 That's funny. I actually grew up in Auburn, CA.

Banjocreek fully equipped rock polisher Member since March 2003 Posts: 1,115	Identification, Please Apr 1, 2005 17:16:58 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Banjocreek on Apr 1, 2005 17:16:58 GMT -5 So far, my sources outside of this board have agreed with Puppies96, that it was probably Mozarkite. That was without me offering that as a suggestion. It is just that the fracturing bit is a little abnormal.
	Ecclesiastes 3.5 a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, a time to embrace and a time to refrain

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