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I"ve shown this item to several different people and no one seems to agree on what it could be. I've been told: bannerstone, a toy, and an atlatl as well as what has been suggested here.
There are no caves in south Georgia. Well, at least I don't think there are. South Georgia is low land and sandy. There was heavy Indian occupancy many, many years ago.
Maybe someone traded for it?
It does have a "crystal" shape so I am leaning more toward believing that suggestion although I still am not certain. It seems to be sandstone with a couple quartz layers and a clay colored layer.
Please share the photos with anyone that might have any other ideas.
Thank you!!
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Dark room. Blacklight. See if it glows greenish/yellow. !!
See if your fingernail, then a penny... will scratch it. Calcite hardness ranges 2.5- 3.5
A penny @ 3.5, a fingernail @ 2.5 If a penny will not scratch it then I would suppose it's a harder mineral and would need to be tested with glass, maybe steel or emery cloth..
Good luck!
Professor Shellman
Tampa Bay
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I agree with the naysayers! :laugh:
It does indeed have all the features of a dog-tooth speleothem. Like this:
Speleothems are oft-regarded as cave formations because that where they are most frequently found. But they'll form anywhere where there is calcium-rich groundwater and a cavity for it to drip into. Doesn't have to be a cave. A void in limestone, a sink-hole... anything will do.
Also, that specimen is broken away from something larger, rather eroded and has a dirty mineral encrustation. It's likely been transported by water and could be a long way from where it was formed. Remember also that whatever the abundance (or scarcity) of caves in your area now... that mineral could be a million years old. What matters is whether there were caves ta the time it formed. Not whether there are caves now.
[PS: Welcome to the forum Dianne ]
I keep six honest serving-men (they taught me all I knew); Their names are What and Why and When and How and Where and Who.
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