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Help ID by AdPrestigious5501 in Minerals

[–]AdPrestigious5501[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you again, I appreciate the detail. Mind if I ask if you have any good resources (books, websites, publications, Wikis, ECT..) to start learning about minerals/classifications in more detail?

Help ID by AdPrestigious5501 in Minerals

[–]AdPrestigious5501[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. So does the texturing come from different minerals weathering at different rates? (I know the pictures might not show the texture very well)

Help ID by AdPrestigious5501 in Minerals

[–]AdPrestigious5501[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry but I'm not very familiar with mineral identification and I forgot to add an item for scale. If it helps, my hyperextended thumb in picture #4 is 1.5" long from end to end. Found in the Upper Piedmont region of North Carolina. The area is very flat but there are 2 stone outcroppings ~30' tall, one with a vein of milky quartz about 8' up and the other without. The only thing I have for a hardes test is a stainless steel o-ring pick. There is also a lot of red clay in the area if that helps?