Stone Identification

[AmbivalentMirage]

I have some stones that I can't seem to identify. Thanks to Mithrea, I've identified a few others... but these remain a mystery. I've attached a photo. :)

The top one has a slightly reflective quality to it. It has a dusty black colour. It's far too hard for slate.

The one on the left is pretty hard. The light spots you see are actually sparkling bits within the stone. The entire stone has these specks.

The right one is a lighter shade of blue than my scanner seems to be showing. It has slight white specks in it, but not stripes or veins.

Any ideas?

[Valnorran]

The one on the left is pretty hard. The light spots you see are actually sparkling bits within the stone. The entire stone has these specks.
Any ideas?

Granite?

[Mithrea]

The one on the right looks like it *could* be blue lace agate, but it's hard to see without more detail. :)

[cydira]

The one with the reflective "flecks" in it is a type of stone that we've got alot of up here. The "flecks" are actually peices of mica. I suspect that they're in with quartz, but I'm not entirely sure.

The blue one could be one of two. Some one's already suggested blue lace agate. I also think it could be sodalite.

The top one strikes me as a type of obsidion. When you hold it up to the light, does light pass through it? If it's not obsidion (I've no idea if there's any kind of past volcanic activity where you are. If so, it could be obsidion.) then I'd vote smokey quartz. It's awful common and if there's a bunch of inclusions in it or it's got a lot of impurities to it, then light wont pass through it and it will have a cloudy quality. Aside from that, it could be a very polished peice of jet or anthricite. Is there any coal in your area? Those two stones are stages before it's actually coal. :)

I hope this helps.

[AmbivalentMirage]

The one on the right looks like it *could* be blue lace agate, but it's hard to see without more detail. :)
I think you might be right. I'm slightly torn between sodalite and blue lace agate, though. Sodalite seems to have more "highlights" than this stone. It's more of a solid blue with light specks throughout...but not heavy like sodalite seems to have.

[AmbivalentMirage]

The one with the reflective "flecks" in it is a type of stone that we've got alot of up here. The "flecks" are actually peices of mica. I suspect that they're in with quartz, but I'm not entirely sure.

The blue one could be one of two. Some one's already suggested blue lace agate. I also think it could be sodalite.

The top one strikes me as a type of obsidion. When you hold it up to the light, does light pass through it? If it's not obsidion (I've no idea if there's any kind of past volcanic activity where you are. If so, it could be obsidion.) then I'd vote smokey quartz. It's awful common and if there's a bunch of inclusions in it or it's got a lot of impurities to it, then light wont pass through it and it will have a cloudy quality. Aside from that, it could be a very polished peice of jet or anthricite. Is there any coal in your area? Those two stones are stages before it's actually coal. :)

I hope this helps.
I live in Pennsylvania right over a coal mine, lol. Yes, there is PLENTY of coal in my area. So, jet and anthracite are possibilites. I'm not sure about obsidian, though. I have obsidian (somewhere...) and it seems to have more of a glassy quality than this stone.

[Mithrea]

I think you might be right. I'm slightly torn between sodalite and blue lace agate, though. Sodalite seems to have more "highlights" than this stone. It's more of a solid blue with light specks throughout...but not heavy like sodalite seems to have.

My sodalite is a cross between baby blue and periwinkle. Anything darker than that should be blue lace agate or . . . lapis? Maybe it's lapis. Let me go look at mine when I get home. :)

[Greystone]

Not obsidian, not dark enough. I have a stone similar to the blue one, only lighter in color, i can't recall what kind it is, but i'll try to remember and get back. What are do you live in/find these? It'll help in indentification.

[LadyOak]

The stone on the left is plentiful in Minnesota. I don't know exactly the name but I *think* the reflective flecks in it are Felspar