Looks like granite from your countertop, but I don't know the species. Am I right?
Looks like granite from your countertop, but I don't know the species. Am I right?
Originally Posted by HiFiGuy1
A very good guess, but while you are correct in that it is a stone, it's not granite.... Not igneous. Think mineral []
OK, you got me beat.
looks like Marble, although i can not tell from exactly what. if i was to guess i would say based on the damage that it was a rolling pin, pestle & Mortar or portable work surface.
Okay, maybe it wasn't as easy as I thought it would be? It's a piece of polished jasper, specifically the "leopard skin" type. Jasper is a silicate mineral, as opposed to granite, which is feldspathic. Pretty, huh? Average "spot" size in this sample ranges from 1-4 mm.
I think I need to pick something a little more commonly known... LOL sorry folks. [:P]
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We're photogs, not mineralologists, if that's even a word.... []
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We're photogs, not mineralologists, if that's even a word.... [img]/emoticons/emotion-5.gif[/img]
ROFL!, damn its so obvious thats what it was... was my second choice. ah well [H]
Okay here's my second try at stumping you guys. I think I finally found a subject that people should recognize, but isn't a dead giveaway.
100% crop:
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Come on, nobody's going to take a guess? [:P]
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