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Can someone identify this ?

by Ricky Johnson
(Boyce Louisiana)

Found in creek in Boyce Louisiana it has Yellow, pink,white,red,and brown colors with polished look

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Jun 12, 2019
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Mineral id Boyce, LA
by: Douglas

Ricky,

This looks like it could be agate. Try a scratch test. Agate is about a 7 on the mohs scale, and is found in your area.

For more info on the scratch test read the hardness section on this page:
https://www.rocksandminerals4u.com/properties_of_minerals.html

For more info on agates go here:
https://www.rocksandminerals4u.com/agate.html

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