[Rockhounds] What the heck is this?

[The Hammer]

Jeanne,

I always have a hard time off of pictures of your rough, but my guess too is serpentine,  with less likely chance of being wavellite or prehnite.  Serpentine often feels greasy to the touch, if this is helpful.

-Ron

----- Original Message ----
From: Jeanne Rhodes-Moen <jeanne at jeannius.com>
To: "Rockhounds at drizzle.com: A mailing list for rock and gem collectors" <rockhounds at lists.drizzle.com>
Sent: Monday, February 25, 2008 9:33:36 PM
Subject: [Rockhounds] What the heck  is this?

I 
got 
an 
ebay 
parcel 
recently, 
and 
there 
was 
something 
in 
it 
that  
has 
me 
stumped...my 
first 
thought 
was 
some 
sort 
of 
green 
turquoise 
or 
odd 
colored 
variscite 
or 
even 
an 
off 
colored 
chrysoprase 
as 
it 
was 
a 
dark 
green 
material 
that 
formed  
in 
a 
seam 
with 
a 
crusting 
on 
the 
outside....like 
you 
see 
sometimes 
with 
turquoise, 
gem 
silica, 
chrysoprase 
etc.....so, 
I 
split 
it 
down 
the 
middle 
and 
cut 
a 
pair 
of 
matching 
stones 
but 
1 
still 
am 
not 
sure 
what 
they 
are. 
they 
are 
dark 
green, 
and 
relatively 
hard, 
takes 
a 
nice 
polish 
and 
part 
of 
it 
has 
a 
very 
fine, 
red 
spiderweb 
pattern  
on 
it. 
In 
one 
way, 
they 
almost 
remind 
me 
of 
jade, 
but 
I 
didn't 
think 
that 
formed 
in 
seams. 
If 
anyone 
can 
tell  
me 
what 
I've 
got, 
I'd 
appreciate 
it! 
I'm 
trying 
to 
put 
links 
to 
the 
images 
here, 
but 
if 
it 
doesn't 
come 
through, 
you 
can 
find 
the 
images 
in 
a 
folder 
at 
http://www.creativecabs.com/unknowngreen

Jeanne












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