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Title: ?? What is this?
Post by: Phishisgroovin on January 08, 2018, 10:51:06 AM

 cool as heck,  have no clue what it is.

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Title: Re: ?? What is this?
Post by: qtz2010 on January 08, 2018, 11:33:14 AM

Maybe calcite or feldspar.

Title: Re: ?? What is this?
Post by: finegemdesigns on January 08, 2018, 01:35:51 PM

Looks like feldspar to me.

Title: Re: ?? What is this?
Post by: rocks2dust on January 08, 2018, 03:35:57 PM

I've seen aragonite and calcite-aragonite from New Mexico that looked very similar.

Title: Re: ?? What is this?
Post by: Phishisgroovin on January 08, 2018, 03:41:02 PM

This is a specimen,  as found.

Title: Re: ?? What is this?
Post by: rocks2dust on January 08, 2018, 03:55:15 PM

If softer than calcite/aragonite, check out glauberite (of course, there are also pseudomorphs of glauberite and aragonite).

Title: Re: ?? What is this?
Post by: lapidaryrough on January 08, 2018, 04:58:48 PM

The side crystal looks like a barite rose ( Drill Mud )
17.5 Lbs. per gallon. when mixed too that gravity mass.

   The state rock of Oklahoma, The Barite rose.    http://www.roserockmuseum.com/

Title: Re: ?? What is this?
Post by: southerly on January 09, 2018, 02:06:38 AM

Everyone seems to be on the money, glauberite would be my starting point.

Title: Re: ?? What is this?
Post by: Phishisgroovin on January 11, 2018, 07:14:39 PM

https://alchetron.com/Glauberite
Glauberite it is!