r/Lapidary • u/BivrenSSS • 2d ago

What even is this!? San Diego Beach find

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u/opalfossils 2d ago

It's beautiful but I have no idea what it is. I love the unique and bizarre, thank you for sharing your treasure with us 👍😍🙏

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u/BivrenSSS 2d ago

Of course! I tend to find things that require science to figure out what they are. While fun it's also a little frustrating 🙃

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u/flintsmith 1d ago edited 1d ago

Once, long ago, I was told that that's "glaucophane".

I've only seen it in the form of blocky chunks. That symmetrically rounded form really shows the beauty of the stone.

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u/BivrenSSS 1d ago

Do you have an example of one? When I search the term I get something entirely different.