A friend found it on a job site, here in central Oregon. I collect rocks, but this is the first one I have seen like it. I tried several websites that identify rocks and minerals, but they were no help .http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/9789/hpim0532editedrg9.jpg
2007-01-12 18:11:29 · 10 answers · asked by EileenNellie 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
Does it feel unusually heavy for it's size? it looks like Barytes "Heavy Spar" to me
Compare your photo with this one :-
2007-01-12 19:55:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not arock hound, but I've been reading about Oregon Sunstones in central Oregon. I'm unsure if it is a cluster type of rock like this one, but this looks like a dessert sand rose with something like sunstones in it.
You might check if there is a rock club in your area and see if they can help you identify your friends find. It's a great rock in any case. Congratulations on the find!
2007-01-13 18:50:38 · answer #2 · answered by An Oregon Nut 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
could be smoky quartz with blades of stillbite. cant be sure until u tell us what was the rock type of the area.
2007-01-13 03:15:37 · answer #3 · answered by brainy m 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It looks like quartz with some limestone on it.
2007-01-13 02:16:43 · answer #4 · answered by jimstock60 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It looks like one type of siliceous rocks which is called "çört" in Turkish.
2007-01-13 13:27:08 · answer #5 · answered by Burhan Ozhan 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some sort of quartz conglomerate, probably.
2007-01-13 02:21:12 · answer #6 · answered by Satan's Own™ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its not quartz. Quarts does not grow in that habit, it is hexagonal pyramid, and lemellar.
2007-01-13 10:41:09 · answer #7 · answered by josh_maurer2002 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
thanks for your clear photo.
I think it's a precepitations of quartz crystals in sand (not sure) rocks, the yellow crystals are quartz.
2007-01-13 08:43:12 · answer #8 · answered by moon 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yellow diamond maybe
2007-01-13 02:19:16 · answer #9 · answered by Who Wants A Lobotomy 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it might be quartz.
2007-01-13 02:19:48 · answer #10 · answered by karen v 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋