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Arizona rock identification.


TheRocksWillShoutHisGlory

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These were both collected in Arizona, I am wondering if the top one could be rough amethyst.  

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Both look like quartzite to me.

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Top one is chalcedony. Bottom one is iron-stained quartz related rock.

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