Can someone help me identify what this is?

[cracka]

I went fossicking to Tingha in NSW (near Inverell and Copeton) a couple of years ago and found this crystal out in the middle of nowhere in a creek bed. I only just found it again and was wondering if anyone knows what it is? At first i thought it was a piece of glass but there was no other glass or rubbish around where i was and its to thick to be glass. Any ideas?

PS I know there are diamonds at Copeton.
Sorry about the poor quality images, ill try get some better ones.

Cracka

 

[Guest]

Hey Cracka,

Looks like a nice lump of quartz to me. Its definitely not glass. I have found plenty of it near Glenn Innes.

Do the specific gravity test and if it comes in at 2.6 quartz it is.

Cheers

 

[Heatho]

Tingha is renowned for it's Quartz crystals. As RS said try an SG test.

 

[Guest]

FYI,

All Quartz some Smokey some Clear.

And others that I have polished in a vibratory tumbler.

Cheers

 

[Cheese]

Quartz has conical fractures,

 

[cracka]

Thanks guys. Will look up how to do a specific gravity test and test it but it sure looks like a few of those shots of the clear quartz. Also got some grass stone (i think they call it rutilated quartz or something like that).

Cracka