Another Desert Find..... help?

[Dray01]

Found this little piece around where I live. Not sure what the green can be, moss maybe. In person it looks part of the rock. Any info is appreciated TIA

 

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[Kray Gelder]

Interesting specimen, for sure. I'm fairly certain there are crystals from a variety of minerals. That was a really rich soup that kept that cavity filled. I don't want to guess, but there are number of experienced mineral specimen people here. Someone will have something.

 

[oldmxrat]

Native copper usually has green copper oxide all around it. This came from the middle of a football sized rock that sounded like a coin spill on my ACE 400.

 

[Dray01]

Thank you!! There are definitely some crystals just hard to see. The copper makes sense as well. Seeing as they mine it relatively close to where I’m at!!

 

[Human Cartoon]

I believe that to be epidote (green) with garnet. I discovered a wash a few miles from the town of Superior, Arizona and found some nice specimens of quartz with calcite, epidote and garnets.

 

[Steve1236]

Epidote...

 

[Dray01]

I’m originally from Superior. I love rocks. I may stop for a few years but I always go back to collecting.

 

[claypile]

This is just a guess but for me, it looks like an Epidote.

 

[Dray01]

This is just a guess but for me, it looks like an Epidote.