Mystery thingy #2

[jurry]

Hello dear folks! I hope not to waste anyone's time, but to just perhaps have a small mystery answered. I have what I believe is a big piece of glass. It was bought at a garage sale and the owner had no idea where it came from. It weighs about 10lbs. and is smokey colored with measurements of about 9" x 6" in the largest areas. I have no idea who would make such a large piece of glass or how it would be feasible to create it for a purpose instead of another material. The edges seem to be pretty sharp. At anyrate, here are the pictures I used to list it on ebay....:<br /><br />Anyone have any clues as to the value or origin? Thanks a lot! - (sorry, I can not get the picture to link and show u have to copy and paste!)<br /><br /><br />http://img273.imageshack.us/my.php?image=glasschunknw1.jpg

 

[harmonicaman]

Glass rocks go for about $3.00 a pound for that size range;if you paid more for your pieces, they were priced too high!

 

[vogon13]

I bought a similar chunk at a pet store to decorate my aquarium.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#ff0000"><strong>TPTB went to Dallas and all I got was Plucked !!</strong></font></p><p><font color="#339966"><strong>So many people, so few recipes !!</strong></font></p><p><font color="#0000ff"><strong>Let's clean up this stinkhole !!</strong></font> </p> </div>

 

[Leovinus]

It looks like kryptonite to me. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[michaelmozina]

I'm going to guess Olivine on the first two images. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> It seems to be a natural consequence of our points of view to assume that the whole of space is filled with electrons and flying electric ions of all kinds. - Kristian Birkeland </div>

 

[michaelmozina]

http://www.galleries.com/minerals/silicate/olivine/olivine.htm<br />http://www.galleries.com/minerals/silicate/forsteri/forsteri.htm<br /><br />Ok, I'm going to go with forsterite on the last one. Final answer. <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> It seems to be a natural consequence of our points of view to assume that the whole of space is filled with electrons and flying electric ions of all kinds. - Kristian Birkeland </div>

 

[jurry]

Hey guys thanks a lot for the posts. Thanks Leovinus for posting my pictures for me, that makes it so much easier for everyone. What a nice guy/girl!! <br /><br />I also recieved a message from a guy saying that it is a glass slag from a glass oven. The pieces of glass drip and fall to the bottom of the oven and eventually have to be broken out. It makes a very hard glass. <br /><br />Wow, I think I would be rich if it was peridot! <img src="/images/icons/laugh.gif" /> Thanks for linking those pictures, Micheal.<br /><br />So I basically have a $30 dollar piece of glass...thanks a lot. Life is awesome when you learn something you had no idea existed. Best wishes to you all!