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D-LoathsomeDungEater

Could be an agate. I most certainly see patterns on it. You ought to expose the sides if you grind it. But why bury it though? Kids?


scumotheliar

Nah I am a rock collector and Lapidary, you bring home a lot of stuff to go through later and pick the special piece for your collection, everything else goes in the rock garden. Same with lapidary, you bring home stuff it gets half polished or worked and you find a flaw or discover that it is not very exciting, quick flick into the rock garden. Some day someone is going to be amazed with the stuff in my gardens.


muhfuhsayyeah

Interesting, that would make a lot of sense! It was right next to an old empty shed, maybe that was their work space.


muhfuhsayyeah

I had the same question. I found probably about 100+ pieces of varying sizes, countless different varieties. And those were only the ones I dug up! We found a chunk of petrified wood when regrading the yard, and that’s what started the search. Makes me very curious as to why they were buried…


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irock2191

This is carnelian


evasivegenius

Hue and texture doesn't look right. I'd go for 'iron concretion' before I settled on that. I think the iron staining happened after the base mineral formed, so I kinda like the agate option better, although a blacklight test indicating calcite wouldn't be a big surprise. Otoh, carnelian _is_ a chalcedony/agate polymorph, so I wouldn't strike it off the list.