Whatever it is, i like it!

[Talkingpoints]

I have only found a few samples of this material here in southern indiana, but i like it!, I have posted it in another group i belong to with the only suggestion being possibly jade, which is a material i am not very familiar with, can any one identify this for me please?...if not, i thank ye for your time all the same...🙂

[SurfaceHunter]

You would have to crack one open to know for sure

[Talkingpoints]

To know if its jade or not?, Or just to see what the inside looks like?

[SurfaceHunter]

Both

[Talkingpoints]

They are actually on my desk, at work, ...i will crack that smaller one open tomorrow i rekon, in the name of education..lol...the larger one i like to roll around in my hand when im just sitting around....🙂 Until tomorrow...🤝

[SurfaceHunter]

Lots of rocks look different on the inside

[Talkingpoints]

It definitely looks different on the inside...🙂

[SurfaceHunter]

Is it chert?

[Talkingpoints]

I dont think so, i mean i wouldnt call it chert, it doesnt break like chert, nor does it appear to contain any fossil material

[SurfaceHunter]

Might be mudstone did you find it in a creek

[Talkingpoints]

In a Field, lower bottoms area, along the white river..in the context of a locally known site, where myself among others have found multiple projectile points, pottery pieces, etc....only two, i think, that i have ever found like these...

[Hoss]

Its quartzite

[Talkingpoints]

Quartzite, never saw that coming, thats interesting, im going to try and confirm that...thank you gentlemen for your time...🙂

[Talkingpoints]

You sir are correct, after a little research i did concluded that it is in fact quartzite....a metamorphic stone, or basically heat treated sandstone!....thank you all for your time...🙂

[Hoss]

LOL well thanks for the props. It is darker than most quartzites I have seen but it is unquestionably quartzite. I wish I saw you question prior to breaking it.I could tell from the nodules. I have seen lots of it in bank run gravels back in Connecticut.