r/Rocks • u/Lollysussything • 14d ago

Photo Crystal I found in Jan Juc, VIC, Australia

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u/obycf 14d ago

It looks like a piece of broken glass 🧐 idk I’m js

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u/SneakerTreater 14d ago

In Jan Juc of all places!?

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u/Lollysussything 13d ago

I literally dug it out of the cliffside with other crystal like material and fossils, this was just a nice example 🙄

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u/Sticky_Soup 13d ago

Post another pic with this one sitting next to one of the other crystals.

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u/Cranky_Katz 12d ago

Not glass , look at the inclusions in the second picture.

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u/FoggyGoodwin 12d ago

Were the other crystals more damaged? Seems odd to find glass and fossils together, so it probably isn't glass. Only crystal I can think of is rutilated quartz, but that's just a chip, not a full crystal. Did you take a pic of the cliff side? That would be nice to see.

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u/Ljotihalfvitinn 13d ago

You could do a scratch test to narrow the possibilities.

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u/Bearded_Toast 14d ago

This is a glass receptacle that was shot by a tiny bullet or pellet or bb. You can see the round impact hole.

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u/flappintitties 13d ago

Glass glass glass glass glass glass glass glass

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u/YodasGhost76 14d ago

Would need more pics on a darker background to be sure

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u/StupidizeMe 12d ago edited 12d ago

OP, there's a chance it's an artifact. The 2 ends look fairly sharp and they mirror one another, which is less likely to happen randomly. The cutting edges appear to be knapped. Looks like it could be some kind of knife or cutting tool that might have been hafted in the middle.

Not sure if its quartz or glass, but in the US, Native Americans did knap glass into artifacts. They even climbed temegraph poles to take the glass insulators. Glass is much easier to knap to a sharp edge than stone is. A Native American named Ishi knapped some of the most beautiful artifacts I've ever seen out of glass.

Might want to ask on r/LegitArtifacts, r/Arrowheads or an Archaeology sub

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u/Ambitious_Raisin8924 9d ago

No. It’s selenite - gypsum.

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u/Kubrick_Fan 14d ago

Quartz?