another blue rock

[DanB]

found near phx

 

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[SC_hunter]

Sure has some pretty color to it..it that what it is called..a blue rock?

 

[spiffyman]

nice find,love the color, wish they were around where i live

 

[Old Dog]

Chrysocolla....

 

[Casull]

Looks like turquoise. But not sure.

 

[Eu_citzen]

Looks like turquoise. But not sure.

I second that.

 

[vibes]

Chrysochola....sp

I'd almost agree with that statement BUT it doesn't have that gel-like quality. Then I thought plagioclase but naw, can't see any defined crystal thang goin on. So turquoise could be it...especially in the area it was discovered.
of course that's all to be taken from a gal who's a newbie rockhounder.

 

[Old Dog]

Chrysocolla is a basic copper silacate that isa secondary mineral that often has an opal like appearance.
It is associated with azurite, malachite and limonite.
Some of the finest specimens in the world have come from Arizona copper mines.
The mines at Bisbee, Globe, Cochise Co, Gila, and the Clifton Morenci district all produced this mineral.

 

[vibes]

Chrysocolla is a basic copper silacate that isa secondary mineral that often has an opal like appearance.
It is associated with azurite, malachite and limonite.
Some of the finest specimens in the world have come from Arizona copper mines.
The mines at Bisbee, Globe, Cochise Co, Gila, and the Clifton Morenci district all produced this mineral.

ok

And I wonder if the rock is florescent?

 

[Old Dog]

Chrysocolla is a basic copper silacate that isa secondary mineral that often has an opal like appearance.
It is associated with azurite, malachite and limonite.
Some of the finest specimens in the world have come from Arizona copper mines.
The mines at Bisbee, Globe, Cochise Co, Gila, and the Clifton Morenci district all produced this mineral.

ok

And I wonder if the rock is florescent?

Vibes,
Some minerals are fluorescent, while the same mineral from a different location isn't.
Basically fluorescence is a location thing.
some minerals flouresse yellow from here and orange from there

catch as catch can.

 

[vibes]

Chrysocolla is a basic copper silacate that isa secondary mineral that often has an opal like appearance.
It is associated with azurite, malachite and limonite.
Some of the finest specimens in the world have come from Arizona copper mines.
The mines at Bisbee, Globe, Cochise Co, Gila, and the Clifton Morenci district all produced this mineral.

ok

And I wonder if the rock is florescent?

Vibes,
Some minerals are fluorescent, while the same mineral from a different location isn't.
Basically fluorescence is a location thing.
some minerals flouresse yellow from here and orange from there

catch as catch can.

yep, yep , yep-- again it's a location thing

I still wonder if the rocks I found in New Mexico florescence? (I have yet to purchase the proper UV light)

But, but, but...

i do not recommend anyone taking them to the tanning bed...wrong UV light, trust me on that one.

 

[Old Dog]

You remind me of someone I am quite fond of,
thanks for the chuckle.

I just saw this,
looks just like what is pictured here.

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,254081.0.html

 

[vibes]

yep Old Dog, you called it!

I was up in the Sandia Mountains (ABQ, New Mexico) rock hounding. I was following a creek bed when I spotted 2 bright blue and one red item(s). My heart started pounding as I thoght I found turquoise...how lucky was I?! I sprinted over to the 'goods'...picked them up to discover they were jelly beans. Someone has a mean sense of humor.

 

[Old Dog]

I would probably have looked too, LOL
just to be sure.

 

[spawn00x]

looks to me like opal

found near phx

 

[Cappy Z.]

Old Dog is correct.

 

[oldgoat]

Old Dog nailed it...just picked up a piece from a friend yesterday...nice sample

 

[NJnuggetpirate]

gulanite the heavily mined ore from deviance it was brought to earth during the arch falls and when the votan races terraform this planet since theres was blown up