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Identity HelpQuartz-porphyry or meta-Rhyolite?

25th Aug 2023 14:11 UTCStefan M.

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I have a potential locality for this stuff. Was researching this:    https://www.mindat.org/mesg-629464.html    so I assume the 2 might be correlated(likely sourced from the same dig site). Stone is lightly oiled, original texture is coarse and feels like it was coated in sugar(like quartzite), but you couldn't see the feldspar?  phenocrysts(if that is what those are ). Likely from abrasion since it was used for a road.
I have 2 specimens of this. Will post a total of 4 photos
This is Specimen A


Questions Answered
Can it scratch glass? : Yes
Can you scratch it with your fingernail? : No
Is it light/heavy for the size? : Heavy

25th Aug 2023 14:13 UTCStefan M.

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Specimen A, other side
Mica? on the side.

25th Aug 2023 14:13 UTCStefan M.

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Specimen B. Orange....blob?

25th Aug 2023 14:15 UTCStefan M.

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Specimen B. Darker spots

26th Aug 2023 08:08 UTCRalph S Bottrill 🌟 Manager

It looks like a feldspar porphyry or porphyritic rhyolite, with large orthoclase phenocrysts and smaller plagioclase. It can be difficult to determine if these are intrusive or extrusive without seeing the field relations.

26th Aug 2023 18:28 UTCStefan M.

From I understand, potentially  a ancient, mostly metamorphosed rhyolite flow, with the occasional pegmatite, surrounded by schists...

26th Aug 2023 10:57 UTCBen Grguric Expert

Do ee mean elvan Ralph?

26th Aug 2023 21:09 UTCRalph S Bottrill 🌟 Manager

If it was found in Cornwall they might call it that.

12th Sep 2023 17:59 UTCStefan M.

....could it be something similar to Llanite?

12th Sep 2023 21:20 UTCRalph S Bottrill 🌟 Manager

We don’t have that rocktype listed, Stefan, except in this location name: Llanite rhyolite occurrence, Llano County, Texas, USA . This seems to be a quartz-phyric rhyolite, whilst yours is more feldspar-phyric. 

13th Sep 2023 03:11 UTCStefan M.

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Think it has those too(quartz)-tiny grey-blue blobs

13th Sep 2023 03:12 UTCStefan M.

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Ditto
 
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