Got A Rock you Want Identified? Post it here! gimme a good picture or 3 or 4!

[Dustedyou]

Ok JOE..lol
Subject #1 is most likely Magnatite
Category Oxide minerals
Spinel group
Spinel structural group
Formula
(repeating unit) iron(II,III) oxide, Fe2+Fe3+2O4
also known as the "black sand" we find in panning.. It also could be Hematite witch almost always forms with quartz and is another black sand we face in panning..lol due to the lack of quartz and Sphalerlite... and the Crystalization of the ore.. i would reckon it is magnatite.. hard magnetic Iron ferrite composition.

Subject #2 well most likely Graphite with a vein of titanium oxide not uncommon to have titanium oxide in it
The mineral graphite pron.: /ˈɡræfaɪt/ is an allotrope of carbon. its formula is C (pencil lead)

! now having said this there is a caution there is a very small chance you have Beryllium ore However remote it mimics the Graphite in quite a few ways except for the crumbling effect if it powders easily you have graphite.

If anyone wants to know more about Beryllium check out CDC - Beryllium Research Highlights - Issue 3 - NIOSH Workplace Safety and Health Topic .. this is a non sparking metal,, and is used quite a bit from nuclear warheads to pipe wrenches. DONOT LICK THIS ROCK! hehe

 

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[Joescollection2012]

Thanks for the info! And yeah it crumbs so easy I could hit it with a hammer and finger paint with the dust haha...

 

[patfreak]

is this a bedrock?please help me out..tia

 

[Alex Burke]

is this a bedrock?please help me out..tia

I think it's volcanic bedrock, till someone else chimes in.

 

[Pyriteboy]

Dustedyou,

From the Dale District.......immediate area shows coarse gold, no fines.....mineralization in this sample close to contact with country rock...any thoughts sir?.....

Thank you,
Jerry

 

[patfreak]

I think it's volcanic bedrock, till someone else chimes in.

thanks meteorminer.but if thats volcanic why its so clay like texture?volcanic suppose to be hard packed rock right?

 

[boundforgolde]

Would like to know if Im digging up poison

Hey thanks for the offer to identify, I have several I'd love to know about, especially coming from a professional.
Thanks

 

[H-2 CHARLIE]

this rock beeps with a metal detector but not crazy beep

 

[Dustedyou]

Pat .. Bedrock is a term loosly used to describe the ""bottom rock" under the soil ie : Noun
Solid rock underlying loose deposits such as soil or alluvium.

that is bedrock that has been cut thru.. you will find further layers under the bedrock in that picture.. But i do like the Bends in it .. the Rock itself has been put under tremendous stress "Warping it" look in that same area for it going verticle... that is an earthquake or plate shift, and breeds gold. as far as the stream goes.. gorgeous,, i would hunt cracks and moss and pan it out.. see what you get. as for the rock Granite (a Volcanic based rock usually based on "Bedrock") but it has been put under so much force it has warped. hunt arround for verticle cracks and quartz.! Good luck M8 ! at the very least you got a gorgeous view!

 

[Dustedyou]

Pyrite Boy!
Hello and welcome to Hard Rock! lol .. ok you have great mineralization in the rock all the key identifiers are there copper (green) iron (red) in quartz bases of hematite and silver, and a talc line running in front (seems to hit me alot on my mine) verry sweet piece of ore ... follow that vein .. if it was separate (ie on the ground broke off) (the sandy rock behind a little weak?? soft??) i would start by clearing off the area of sand debris etc and finding your bedrock.. looking for verticle or 30 degree plus shift in the rock .. follow the cracks and chip off some samples. you might have "Fingering" or as some call it "Spiders web" where the Quartz runs thru the rock in verging degrees. (alot of the good veins we have dug out were fingers.. and had to remove ALOT of rock to get into a Thick vein. some of our best yields have been "Spider Veins" that peter out shortly in to them. Gold tramp has this issue often too.. dont dispare.. just look at the lay of the rock,, and remember.. look around your spot closely.. I cant tell you the number of times i found a great yield in the rock 3 feet away and not at head level.. because i took a smoke break and sat back to observe, the wife and her chisel!

 

[Dustedyou]

Boundforgolde... Naice.. hehe um wher's my crusher...lol um you have good Quartz mineralization (Picture #4) in the lower right , top and center bottom, the red bottom (round) is a little too much iron for me to like ,,, but i would still crush it .. altho it looks to be sandstone with quarts Stippling in it.. (Picture #3,#1) umm pan the cracks behind it then take it home and smash it up .. good quartz run , iron , phosphorus, sulfur, hematite, ya good place to look there. reminds me of (Arrastras mine Oregon) (Picture #2 ) is i think Gypsum , with heavy mineralisation (iron, hematite, and sulphur) and gypsum crystals (quartz too.. at times) running thru it .. very weak rock super crumbly.. but lead to red river (NM) mining boom due to gold silver and molybdenum being found in vent streams in the rock.

 

[Dustedyou]

H2 Charlie, well sir you have Hematite, (ferrous iron) mixed with Quartz primarily may have Magnatite also .. will react lively with a metal detector , and magnets will stick to larger chunks.

 

[patfreak]

Pat .. Bedrock is a term loosly used to describe the ""bottom rock" under the soil ie : Noun
Solid rock underlying loose deposits such as soil or alluvium.

that is bedrock that has been cut thru.. you will find further layers under the bedrock in that picture.. But i do like the Bends in it .. the Rock itself has been put under tremendous stress "Warping it" look in that same area for it going verticle... that is an earthquake or plate shift, and breeds gold. as far as the stream goes.. gorgeous,, i would hunt cracks and moss and pan it out.. see what you get. as for the rock Granite (a Volcanic based rock usually based on "Bedrock") but it has been put under so much force it has warped. hunt arround for verticle cracks and quartz.! Good luck M8 ! at the very least you got a gorgeous view!

thanks i will try to pan it samples..but still an amatuer i terms of panning..wish to see some gold in it..thanks for the help dustedyou.😄

 

[H-2 CHARLIE]

Is this a good sign that GOLD is near by ? gold region ?

 

[Dustedyou]

H-2 Charlie.. yup possible i would look to the hills for quartz.. and also hit up GeoCommunicator
to research your area! GL and Hunt away!

 

[chriseneim]

Found this rock way up off of pima highway in north phx Arizona. It's about the size of a walnut but feels really heavy and not sure if that's goold on out side but I scratched it on ceramic and it left a gold streak. I also did muriatic acid test and it did not bubble or corrode whatsoever.

 

[BryanM362]

I found this at an old homesite, just North of Cincinnati. It sets the detector off, and is not magnetic. It seems to have little white flecks in it. It's not very heavy. Thanks! Oh, I should add that the green you see in the pics is algae, not part of the rock.

 

[boundforgolde]

Boundforgolde... Naice.. hehe um wher's my crusher...lol um you have good Quartz mineralization (Picture #4) in the lower right , top and center bottom, the red bottom (round) is a little too much iron for me to like ,,, but i would still crush it .. altho it looks to be sandstone with quarts Stippling in it.. (Picture #3,#1) umm pan the cracks behind it then take it home and smash it up .. good quartz run , iron , phosphorus, sulfur, hematite, ya good place to look there. reminds me of <img src="http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=790489"/> (Arrastras mine Oregon) (Picture #2 ) is i think Gypsum , with heavy mineralisation (iron, hematite, and sulphur) and gypsum crystals (quartz too.. at times) running thru it <img src="http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=790490"/>.. very weak rock super crumbly.. but lead to red river (NM) mining boom due to gold silver and molybdenum being found in vent streams in the rock.

Thanks so much! Do you think most of the gold is concentrated in the yellow vein looking areas? Reason I ask is when I first crack them open there is A LOT of flour gold flake in those areas mainly. The rocks have been rinsed in pictures I posted here. Those areas are almost crunchy and dull after I rinse the yellow flour muck off but they still sparkle when I look at the areas with my magnifier specks on and really shimmer under a 10x loupe. Btw you mentioned you'd crush it regardless, if you're interested or know someone else who may be, let me know cause I've got hundreds of pounds of it and I know it needs chemical refining something I know nothing about. I've got someone in Florida who I just started working with who knows those methods but I've got way more than he can handle. I can mail a bit to whoevers interested to make sure its worth their while and take it from there.
Again thanks for your time and expertise!
Hope to hear back from you soon.
Suzanne

 

[Dustedyou]

Found this rock way up off of pima highway in north phx Arizona. It's about the size of a walnut but feels really heavy and not sure if that's goold on out side but I scratched it on ceramic and it left a gold streak. I also did muriatic acid test and it did not bubble or corrode whatsoever.

Chris... you might have a gold sulfate .. the darker eclusions look to be iron , the best test and easiest would be a run to a jeweler have him drag it on the tile and test the purity of the mark or buy a test kit off amazon for like $6.99 it might be gold.. there also seems to be a shisty gleam to it tho so i am thrown off... lol altho a HCL test would make me happy! nice find ... umm have you gone back to this site in AZ?? i would look for more see if you cant find some in its natural state... and see if you cant get more!

 

[Dustedyou]

Found this rock way up off of pima highway in north phx Arizona. It's about the size of a walnut but feels really heavy and not sure if that's goold on out side but I scratched it on ceramic and it left a gold streak. I also did muriatic acid test and it did not bubble or corrode whatsoever.

Chris... you might have a gold sulfate .. the darker eclusions look to be iron , the best test and easiest would be a run to a jeweler have him drag it on the tile and test the purity of the mark or buy a test kit off amazon for like $6.99 it might be gold.. there also seems to be a shisty gleam to it tho so i am thrown off... lol altho a HCL test would make me happy! nice find ... umm have you gone back to this site in AZ?? i would look for more see if you cant find some in its natural state... and see if you cant get more!