its a radiant 'fetch that book' quest. you can only get rid of it if youre on pc.

I had the book, showing as a quest item, before I ever talked to him. I read that this is a known bug on the "Fetch Me That Book!" quest. I will try to either remove the book or advance the quest to the turn in stage via the console command.

i used the advance quest command when it happened to me, it worked fine.

I think it's one of the best quests in Skyrim.

Argh, I just picked this up last ngiht. I've been trying to avoid named items (so-and-so's XYZ) but the name didnt strike me; I thought it was just a regular staff of some kind. I found it not doing a quest for it.

The Attunement Sphere you're stuck with unless on PC.
Lexicon is same as above.
Finn's Lute, Pantea's Flute and Rjorn's Drum are stuck, unless PC.
Glitch with Pantea's Flute where if you find prior to getting the quest, you can't finish it (so it's stuck AND you get no reward.)
I think there's another part to this. Mine was stuck for a while but eventually after doing a few more of those puzzle doors I found it was removeable.
If you're stuck with it you either: completed the quest incorrectly due to it's terrible design (not your fault, though) or you have yet to complete it.
As long as they remain as an "Unusual Gem" they stack. If you have Vex identify them, they no longer stack (minus what was already stacked.) Also quest items don't weigh anything. Ignore the fact it STATES it has weight - it is a lie.
Hmm, I was able to drop the journals. I just shoved them in my loot chest.

For Gallus' Journal, had no problems with that either. Maybe it's circumstantial.

I have Finn's Lute. I've done the quest. I can't get rid of the thing. It's not supposed to weigh anything, but I just know it weighs 4 lbs. I can tell. It's that 4 lbs that's breaking my back. Nevermind the other 340 lbs that I'm lugging around. It's that 4.

Here's what I have stuck in my inventory.

Balbus's fork.
Finn's lute.
Pantea's flute.
Rjorn's drum.
Pelagius' hip bone.

That's only half true. Some of my glitched quest-items do have weight and often help over encumber me.

Maybe not technically a bug, but I would really like being able to drop all those Stones of Barenziah. >.>

Gallus's Encoded Journal - Hard Answers Theives Guild guest. Can't remove this even after the quest is completed.

Might be better just to browse the UESP by quest and look at the bottom of each page, where there are notes of what remains in inventory.

The two that I have been stuck with forever are Galleus' encoded journal, I don't know why this one glitched cause I didn't get it before the quest obviously. And the other one is that [censored] strange amulet from blood on the ice! I messed up the quest which annoyed me, but now every time I open my apperal tab I see that worthless piece of crap that I can't drop or turn into the necromancer's amulet. Atleast the journal is under a tab I can ignore most of the time. A minor gripe, but it gets annoying after a while, lol.

Yea it stuck in my inventory as a quest item too I got lot of item that quest I can't drop and I know I I got done with the quest but the items are still there.

yea I got a book soul black and white befor know it was a quest item then I got the quest to get the book but I can't give it to the NPC who wants it and the points in the quest points to the cave I got it in so I got back the pointer on the chest but no book so the quest is bugged for me now.

Here's what I got stuck:

Finn's lute
Pantea's flute
Rjorn's drum
Pelagius' hip bone
Kahvorzen's fang
Gallus' encoded journal
23 * stones of barenzia (I missed the one in thalmor embassy and now I'm stuck with these [censored] stones)
and of course the fricking Elder Scroll

Other stuff that I had there for a long time include:

Hjalti's sword
Red Eagle's bane
Red Eagle's fury
and some dude's (Dravin or something like that) bow

I have a few quest items one of the biggest and worst is:

***The Stones of Barenziah, I have 23 of 24.

I know exactly where the last stone is but it isn't there! Others have confirmed I have the right place the Thalmore Embassy (rear building, can't think the name, its on the second floor in a bedroom), not the barracks!
However, all gates are locked & need a key to enter. None of the guards I sneaked up on had a key. It was a struggle to get inside but I did manage it but to my great disappointment, it wasn't there! Before anyone asks yes, I've done the quest of getting an invite and crashing their little party. Broken quest.

***Returning their "lost" instruments to people in Bard College. I keep talking to him/ her but they never take their instrument back! Broken quest.

Ideas? I'm on 360

All of these little annoying things...

That's listed as one of the specific fixes in the 1.4 patch, if that makes you feel any better.

Thank you so much, this worked I googled and surfed but the problems i found were just about using it on an item, and the soul gem simply JUST being filled. Thanks again!

HI there, this tutorial really helped. skip to 4:18. I had trouble finding the gem at first, hopefully you just missed it by accident and that it`s not a glitch, good luck
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rn3aoZP7gZc

If you equip it and then put it in a weapons rack, it removed and placed in the rack.

On the Stone of Barenziah in the Thalmor Embassy --- the beta patch changed it's location.

Gallus's Encoded Journal and Calcelmo's Stone Rubbing?

Some weapons can be stored on racks and placed in display cases 'ex. kosowhatever fang'

Did someone use the Atunement sphere 3 times (to unlock the Blackreach access from Alftand, Mzinchaleft and Raldbthar) ? I wouldn't be surprised if you could drop it then ...

It has been on my mind for some time, but I never tested it due to sheer lazyness ...

Leaving the cell closes the access to Blackreach and without the Attunement Sphere you wouldn't be able to return (besides the Great Lifts.) But I've opened all 3 anyway, and it's still stuck.
The second gets stuck too (Sinderion's one found in Blackreach, if you decide to pick it up.)

no problem! glad you got it sorted out.