It has a sheen like a calcite crystal, but appears to be a water worn botryoidal formation.....hmmmmm???
What do you think it could be?
CP
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Ok, Heres a different rock Jim sent out to see if we could help identify.
It has a sheen like a calcite crystal, but appears to be a water worn botryoidal formation.....hmmmmm???
What do you think it could be?
CP
It has a sheen like a calcite crystal, but appears to be a water worn botryoidal formation.....hmmmmm???
What do you think it could be?
CP
O yea this a a very nice piece of the very rare alfa crystal. Notice the very typical age rings. Good find. 
Joe
Joe
jmann.
please elaborate on this alfa crystal for me. we have had others view it but you are the first to give it a name. bill explained alot about it in a scientific way but you sound like you have maybe seen this formation before.
thanks jim
please elaborate on this alfa crystal for me. we have had others view it but you are the first to give it a name. bill explained alot about it in a scientific way but you sound like you have maybe seen this formation before.
thanks jim
I bet it is a refridgerator magnet!
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POP
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POP
thats a picture of my gallstone!
I figured it out.After much head scratching and research.The above photo is a petrified hail stone from the jurassic period.Notice the familiar ice crystal formations. 
Jim
Jim
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