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My dad gave me this stone about 12 years ago now, and we were never sure what it was. I thought it might be some kind of clear green quartz, but from what I remember him telling me, a man found it in the Northern Territory or Western Australia, and I read that clear green quartz is mainly found in Brazil.
I would say the stone feels rather light for it's size. It's overall very glossy, almost like glass, with some fractured looking areas. There are a few deep fissures, that have dirt (or something similar) caught inside, and white cauliflower looking blooms all the way through. I wasn't able to get a good picture of light shining through, but there's a big mass of white clearly visible anyway. There are also "lines" that run along it, all in one direction. It's more noticeable on one side, and that side is duller. The lines look almost carved in.
With ruler for size reference:
LED light, the best I could do to show the transparency:
The rough side of the stone:
It looks very similar to this picture of clear green quartz, mined from Brazil (according to Wikipedia):
Thanks for reading, and I hope someone can recognize what I've got here!
I would say the stone feels rather light for it's size. It's overall very glossy, almost like glass, with some fractured looking areas. There are a few deep fissures, that have dirt (or something similar) caught inside, and white cauliflower looking blooms all the way through. I wasn't able to get a good picture of light shining through, but there's a big mass of white clearly visible anyway. There are also "lines" that run along it, all in one direction. It's more noticeable on one side, and that side is duller. The lines look almost carved in.
With ruler for size reference:
LED light, the best I could do to show the transparency:
The rough side of the stone:
It looks very similar to this picture of clear green quartz, mined from Brazil (according to Wikipedia):
Thanks for reading, and I hope someone can recognize what I've got here!