While I was carefully trying to split this rock along its biggest seam (it will not) a large flake popped off. Is there a point I should get excited or is it just quartzite? Also would you stop and get it cut or keep flaking off the oxidized exterior, chip picture included!
So this would be the first time I’ve chiseled into a rock like this. I have a phone app from Apple that identified it as Pegmatite and I got very excited when I heard about the type of inclusions I could find.
I started slow and tapped out a line along the seam you can see from top left to bottom right. No indications of cracking open though.
I don’t want to bisect anything cool inside and the blue interior crystal is irresistible. Whats the safest way to proceed without wrecking anything special?