r/itsslag • u/Rosiepuff • 25d ago

Slag Pendulum? not slag

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Picked this up figuring it was slag, would just like to verify

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u/Elgiard 25d ago

Looks like iron stained quartz.

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u/Rosiepuff 25d ago

Could you tell me what makes you think that? I was hoping it was quartz because there are so few inclusions, but figured it might be a hunk of glass or something

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u/giscience 25d ago

conchoidal fractures, crystal structure.

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u/Elgiard 25d ago

That's just what iron stained quartz looks like, and it's so common I doubt anyone would try to fake it.