Garage sale is help

[OldScout]

Got these at a garage sale in a giant bucket of fossils I bought. The blue one is quite pretty and has gold colored deposits at random locations (they don't show up well in the photo). The second is a rock I have not come across before either. The edge appears a bit sharp...flint?

Thank you!

 

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[Eu_citzen]

I am not sure about the first one.. a copper mineral possibly.
Do a streak test - rub against a unglazed piece of porcelain, what colour? Can you scratch it with your finger nail?


The second one looks like chalcedony,

 

[StoneWhisper]

Image 1: Peacock ore
Image 2: Chert / Flint

 

[usagold]

As long as the term Peacock Ore has been mentioned, thought I would throw this tidbit in.

 

[usagold]

Very very colorful with its reds, greens, yellows and blues when traveling East on I-90, just before getting to Sundance Wyoming.

 

[Jcloward]

The first is definitely a copper mineral. Most likely peacock ore as previously stated. The second could also be a form of banded rhyolite. I have several specimens I picked up that appear nearly identical.

 

[jair]

Got these at a garage sale in a giant bucket of fossils I bought. The blue one is quite pretty and has gold colored deposits at random locations (they don't show up well in the photo). The second is a rock I have not come across before either. The edge appears a bit sharp...flint? Thank you!

I have seen the blue rock before ,
I worked with a guy that had worked in South America at a gold mine and has a very large pice cut to use as a paper weight and is gold ore . At least that's what he passed it off as with very large gold deposits in it .

 

[OldScout]

Thank you for the assistance. I appreciate it. It seems rocks are not so easy to id. I even got some books and none of my rocks I am finding look like the rocks in the books .

 

[Eu_citzen]

That's because the books often show "masterpieces" or rather - specimens. They usually don't show the average example of the mineral.