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  • Kaz
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    Thanks

  • AJGamby
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    The luster is just from the water wear, I would have to go with it being Normanskill or even esopus chert

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  • pkfrey
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    Normanskill outcrops in the Hudson Valley, not to far removed from Long Island. You can see a bulb of percussion and conchoidal fracturing on slag if a chunk is hit by the plow, or banged against another rock by erosion. The smoothness along those outer ridge lines really makes this look like slag. The piece has a translucent look to it, like opaque glass. But IDK from the photo.

  • SurfaceHunter
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    The 2nd picture shows a bulb of percussion which wouldn't be slag but the other 2 pictures look like slag.

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  • tomf
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    Looks like dacite to me. Is that possible in Long Island?

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  • Kaz
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    I am on Long Island. I was figuring it was flint. Just a really rare thing to find around here. Thanks

  • pkfrey
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    If the color is true, and it's chert, it's a large flake of Normanskill chert. But it also somewhat looks like slag glass.

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  • kayakaddict
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    Maybe just black flint, a little water worn. What part of NY are you in?

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  • Kaz
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    Hi Cecilia I can see the pics but I will try again

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  • Cecilia
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    Uh-o Kaz, no pics came thru! I’m studying black minerals now, so hurry up and re-post! Need more lessons....

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  • Kaz
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    What type of material

    Hi all. I recently found this chunk of black material. Not something I'm used to seeing around here.



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