does anyone know what these rocks might be

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whilst walking i came accross these specimins i live about 100km south of Uluru-..the massive quartz piece was given to me and was found on the border of WA and SA..

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Best guess would be Selenite. try scratching it with your fingernail, its a part of the gypsum group and really soft.
 
The white one selenite as mentioned above

The brown / white one that looks like marbled beef is probably ironstone or compacted reconstituted jasper grit but I can't be sure with the size of screen I am looking at

Other ones . Dunno it's not a clear enough photo
 
cool...the white one is very soft and when wet has the consistancy of a wet sponge...the one that looks like beef is as hard as anything..very beautiful to look at...the other rock is red brown with a quartz vein running through it..
 
The red one would look awesome if it was cut and polished into a door stop

I am visualising a rectangular block of the stuff with some felt glued to the bottom , and maybe a finger hole drilled through it for lifting

But some people might like a rounded form ?

Maybe cut in half and used as book ends ?

If its jasper then it's extremely tough to cut , even with diamond segments , ironstone can also be a pain to cut depending on its purity but that stuff is diverse in its concentration , hardness and abrasiveness ( cerchar scale to any geologists here )

:)
 

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