These are always fun! Can anyone tell just by the picture what this is?

well to me it looks like a pottery shard

Is it Azureite?

Good trys but nope not a pottery shard and it's not Azurite.....keep trying

Just a guess off the top of my head, looks like lapis lazuli to me.

Good eye Erika, it is Lapis Lazuli.

A combination of the three minerals Lazurite, Calcite and Pyrite.
This is a great piece that Dyphero got in Afghanistan and sent us. We will be making some cool cabachons for him with it.

Good job RhodoRose!!!!!

Thanks - maybe all the years of poring over the display cases at the Coors Mineral Hall are starting to pay off!

Beautiful sample Mrs. Cp! Please post pics of the finished product!

Thanks! I will definately be adding pictures when I'm finished. Will be able to get several cabachons from it. Even a heart for his sweet heart.

Don't forget to cut some good ones for yourself!

Definately will do. Might just have to make two hearts then. Very pretty stuff, will be fun to work. We'll be getting the 6" saw ready for it later. I will take some pics of the process. Might even turn the webcam on for some of it?

I was thinking lazurite, but I see a few folks beat me to it. I have a small piece I picked up years ago, darned if I can remember where. And darned if I can remember where I put it. :(

i still say it looks like a broken shard of a coffee cup!:)

Really Russ?! To me this piece looks like (it could be) a butterfly....hmmmmmm!

haha, but it sure is a pretty stone what ever it is! i know youll do wonders with it! :)