Got given these rough-sawn lapidary slabs recently. Only a couple were labeled, and I have identified a few of them (some only tentatively), and others have eluded my research abilities completely.Â
The slabs are between 1/8-inch (3mm) and 1/4-inch (6mm) thick.
Most of them will be cut-up with diamond saws, polished and used as inlay pieces in my sculpture.
from the top: unidentified — black nodule layer on brown underlying matrix (now known as Hematite since I cut into it - May, 2020)
                       Rhodonite (this was labeled)
                       Chrysocalla (softer and more friable than others)
                       Epidote (this was labeled, from North Carolina)
                       green agate geode slice maybe?
                       Red Jasper
                       petrified wood perhaps?
                       clear agate with inclusions?
                       translucent lavender agate?
                       Sodalite                                   Â
Any help identifying would be appreciated — Don
. . . and this I believe is a crystalline layer of Azurite on two sides of a 3 lb. chunk of brown & green rock . . . ?
