Hello, this is my first post. My wife and I have become interested in local Puget Sound cobble collecting. I have many questions on rock identifications, which I'm sure I will bore this illustrious group with newbie questions. Your Jade does bear similarities to some of the pieces we've found, so I will be interested to see the different opinions. I do have a basic question re rocks on the salt water beach. Washington Nephrite is expected to have a rind, and most of what we find has a grey rind, however, some of the rocks we find on the beach have no rind and we think they are nephrite, but, flip a coin, they could also be Jasper. So, my question is do Washington Jade cobbles always have a rind, or can some be rindless? I'm trying to attach a photo, as practice, hopefully it will be easy peasy and I'll have lots of slab pics to share and ask about.
Regards,
R.
Petrified wood, this piece is about 20" long and much different than the usual form we find. The pic probably won't show and I'll need to figure it out a bit. But here goes anyway.