Help ID a Mineral or Stone .

Well, here is a willow branch.
suspiciously familiar.



i can't find any corals that look like this, but Coral still appears to be a possibility.

originally posted by: spacedoubt
a reply to: Trueman
lol, it might be a witch?

I think those are horns. He can make lots of Picks of Destiny.

a reply to: Gargoyle91

Before reading the description, I thought some sort of mushroom stems.

a reply to: spacedoubt

That looks very similar, save for the quartz looking vein in the OP.
But other than that, I think you got it.

a reply to: spacedoubt

That's spot on ! A tree branch crazy wonder how it formed its just like glass like it was flash frozen , Dosent look like any type of petrified wood I've come across . Thank you sir !

The glassy core looks like an agate to me.

Possibly agatized antlers, agatized petrified wood, or agatized coral.

I'm leaning toward antlers.

originally posted by: Gargoyle91
a reply to: spacedoubt

That's spot on ! A willow branch crazy wonder how it formed its just like glass like it was flash frozen , Dosent look like any type of petrified wood I've come across .

It's not really petrified wood. It's like a branch was used to make a mold. the branch is completely gone, and the resulting cavity filled with supersaturated hot water. Supersaturated with microscopic quartz. The quartz can be left behind and eventually fill up the cavity. The formation is similar to opal. the colors are related to impurities in the quartz.


Is that translucent? If you put a flashlight up agains the polished end, does the light travel through the material in the center?

a reply to: spacedoubt

Yeah light definitely travels through it not like clear glass but it does penetrate ene to end .

a reply to: Gargoyle91

I'm jealous then...

I have an agate that looks like a raw steak. lol..
Let me see if I can find a pic..

a reply to: butcherguy

Here's what I got nothing in short but long picked this up .

Does this not look like a steak?

a reply to: spacedoubt

That's nice ! However I will fire up the smoker and make some rub

a reply to: Gargoyle91

Add tenderizer and a really sharp knife...lol


Are you able to find more of your branches?

originally posted by: Gargoyle91
Found these trying to figure out what they are and if it's used for anything ,

Its a Mudfossil…..muscle tissue by the look of it.....I have a similar piece or shard of petrified meat.Awsome.