rinke11 Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 (edited) Edited June 27, 2020 by rinke11 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rinke11 Posted June 27, 2020 Author Share Posted June 27, 2020 3 minutes ago, rinke11 said: I have had this stone for many years I remember I had 2 of them (the other looked less nice) and I cracked 1 open and it was from the inside all white crystal just like you see at the cracks in this one anyone got an idea what kind of stone this is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4meter Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 That is one beautiful stone! I'm sure this is a fault breccia (rocks broken into small fragments by a moving crack in the ground (fault), then fragments were re-cemented together (the gray lines through the rocks). Later erosion broke a part off of the large rock mass and water rounded the broken piece into the beauty that you collected. Thanks for sharing with us! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rinke11 Posted June 29, 2020 Author Share Posted June 29, 2020 3 hours ago, 4meter said: That is one beautiful stone! I'm sure this is a fault breccia (rocks broken into small fragments by a moving crack in the ground (fault), then fragments were re-cemented together (the gray lines through the rocks). Later erosion broke a part off of the large rock mass and water rounded the broken piece into the beauty that you collected. Thanks for sharing with us! wow sounds facinating but you are sure its a fault breccia because I looked for images and they look like a whole different stone and the gray lines are not gray in real life they are white and look like white crystal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d_day Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 6 hours ago, rinke11 said: wow sounds facinating but you are sure its a fault breccia because I looked for images and they look like a whole different stone and the gray lines are not gray in real life they are white and look like white crystal It can happen to any stone, and can be cemented with virtually any mineral. Pressures on the stone cause it to crack. Mineral laden water seeps through, leaving behind whatever mineral it was carrying, which cements the pieces back together. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rinke11 Posted June 30, 2020 Author Share Posted June 30, 2020 On 6/29/2020 at 3:01 PM, d_day said: It can happen to any stone, and can be cemented with virtually any mineral. Pressures on the stone cause it to crack. Mineral laden water seeps through, leaving behind whatever mineral it was carrying, which cements the pieces back together. okay thanks for the answer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivigo Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 Hi today i found this rock. This is a broken piece , so i take photo from inside and outside. Maybe if you cut it your rock looks similar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rinke11 Posted July 6, 2020 Author Share Posted July 6, 2020 20 hours ago, ivigo said: Hi today i found this rock. This is a broken piece , so i take photo from inside and outside. Maybe if you cut it your rock looks similar. wow thats a beautiful looking rock but your outside look realy different than mine still thanks for sharing! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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