Soft white rocks

[ctenden]

Good day,

Having no luck in using these rocks.

They are the same kind.

I can easily scratch with my fingernail. The longer one I can even mold a week bit with enough pressure.

The smaller one shows striations the large is more amorphous.

Color is light tan, however the smaller one has a cap on it that is light Grey, but some hardness.

Dull Lustre almost clayey looking. Sorry I don't have a good camera to get a better picture.

Found in the Ottawa river in eastern Ontario together.

These would be great for carving.

Thanks for helping

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[arappaho]

Lord have mercy! Focus!

Ha! I should be one to talk. I can't take a pic worth a darn.

Anyway, your rocks could be a lot of things, but you would probably
notice if they were chalky.
All I can guess is it's some sort of claystone. Being able to manipulate
the larger piece with pressure might just mean it's fresher.
Then again, it could be something man-made and not actually the
same material as the smaller layered one even tho you found them
close together. But I digress to guesses.

The Native Americans in your area made pipebowls from a whitish
clay stone. You could research that, and take a look at this,

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaolinite