[Rockhounds] opalite vs. not

[Carol Carter-Wientjes]

Thanks Kreigh,

 I've seen the opalite glass so know what you're referring to. I don't know 
if the terms opalized or common opal would be more proper in place of 
opalite.

I'm pretty good at rock ID's but it sounds like you and many others on this 
forum know a lot about compositions of different rock materials right down 
to the chemistry. I can tell I'm going to learn a lot from all of you folks! 
Thank you so much for your answers and ideas, I've enjoyed taking all of 
them in. Know it's hard to really determine what something is when all you 
have is a photo to go from.

And yes Don, this stuff is really neat and the carving I did from another 
nodule is a GORgeous deep red-grape all polished up. Gotta pic of that too 
if anybody wants to see it too.

Thank you again, Carol