Possible Diamond?

[bjgiff]

I was metal detecting an 1800's camp area and hit an old metal key of sort. When I dug it I came across several small stones. At the time I thought they was agates. They were a bit soapy looking. I have a pile of odds and ends of finds that I have stashed in the area. Old horse shoe nails, pull tabs etc... and left the rest of the stones there. I kept one with me. As I was driving I noticed that the stone is clear and no visible flaws can be seen with the naked eye.

*On my other holes I dug in the area I did not turn up any stones at all. I looked around the area and couldn't find any agates on the surface. The group of stones I found were all together in one hole.

Below are some pics. Is it worth having a jeweler check it out or is it an obvious agate? It will put a deep scratch into glass without flawing the stone at all. I did read some agates are hard enough to do that too.

*The stone in the pics is about 7/16" at the longest points and about 1/4" wide.

[z118]

Agate is not clear... it is a form of quartz but does not look like your stone.

You stone looks like it could be plain old clear quartz - which is not to say it isn't a cool find.

Anything as hard or harder than glass will scratch glass... including other pieces of glass.

[turtlefoot]

I would get them checked out. I googled raw and rough diamonds and there are a lot of stones that look like yours.

Doug

[ultima16888]

diamond tends to have an oily look to them.

[deanosaur]

As others have said you need to get it checked out.......

Not even a professional jeweler would be prepared to give an answer with just a picture. Evaluating stones is a nightmare, when they are cut and in a ring then sometimes the ring can give clues as to whether its real or not but in its raw form, impossible. Great care needs to be taken - I would ask (in person) the opinion of a couple of experts not just one.

Good thinking on your part though - most people would have just ignored them.

and left the rest of the stones there

Now I would bet you have now been back to get the rest....

Hope they are the real deal - interesting post, let us know the outcome of this one.

HH