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[Dustedyou]

Wil, I am going to guess schorl &/or tourmaline. There is an area very close to you that produces. I picked this up out there. There is also a beryl source nearby. Ain't living in Cali great! Gold & Gems everywhere!
How big is the specimen? Wanna sell it ?

Frigging Yummy Possibly Beryl.. i would check Mindat.com for a close match... YUMYUM!!

 

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[Dustedyou]

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Found this panning in Clear Creek in Denver.

Gene Beryl (aqua marine or emerald is possible, but most likely is Coke Bottle,, rounded polished by nature Glass can be very teasing!

 

[Dustedyou]

Dusted, Can you tell me the minerals in this red purple rock. I haven't seen this before inside as a white looking patch of crystals I think are green in the one spot of this rock.Rock also has holes in it . I tried to get a closeup of these little green crystals to show you but hard to do. Even the white stuff around the crystals shines too. Looks like little emeralds through my loop.Rubys? Thanks.View attachment 919230View attachment 919231View attachment 919232View attachment 919233

Copper Peacocking with pyrite.. I HOPE: let me explain.. Afew months ago I found perfectly formed "Emerald Crystals" in a high Copper Iron Magnesium Quartz Volcanic Tube. Thinking cool took it to a friend only to find out they were Uranium Crystals.. Geiger counter went bonkers.. hehe,, More likely you have some Peacocking of Pyrite,, wich happens around Gold and Copper based Sulfides. Beryl Emerald is rare but not out of the question look for Lines going in one direction,, and if your wanting bigger crystals look within the area for Pocket holes in the area.

 

[Dustedyou]

Poped this big piece of Quartz open Its pretty wild some Tourmaline crystals and I dont know what. What do you think Dusted?View attachment 919237View attachment 919238View attachment 919239View attachment 919241View attachment 919243View attachment 919244View attachment 919246View attachment 919247View attachment 919248View attachment 919249

CRUSH IT!!!!! lol pan it i would even try a dissolve with Sulfuric acid there is alot of Hematite rot in it leaving the rust... a little Sulfuric acid (WELL VENTILATED) will free up the rust and hematite for a closer look without the crush!

 

[Dustedyou]

I live in Yuma AZ and found these three while metal detecting the pot hole area north of the Laguna dam. Any ideas?

look towards the bedrock (especially verticle bedrock in a gully or wash) dig down to it and check out the crevasses.

 

[Dustedyou]

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I like the color but alot of Iron ... crush em up with a mortar and Pestle, then pan them out.

 

[Dustedyou]

OK I am stumped. I was reading about gold being found in organic material. I don't have a picture of one. But would like a picture or description of one.

Gold is commonly found in the moss on rocks in streams.. it gets stuck the moss grows over it.. other wise there are innumerable altho microscopic gold found in Oil, plankton, certain Bugs shells , and in Sea Water..

 

[Dustedyou]

OK I understand certain plants absorb gold and silver. Would the area be worth prospecting. How do I go from plant to the source.

Gold Moss Hunting is Actually a practise in southern states... Moss traps the gold like miners moss.. and then they grow over it making it very easily smacked arround then panned out!

 

[Dustedyou]

is this iron?

Primarily Iron, but it also looks to have Telluride in it, read up on the tellurides,, they may give you better insight!

 

[Dustedyou]

Hey Chris post those AGAIN!

 

[G Freeman]

Copper Peacocking with pyrite.. I HOPE: let me explain.. Afew months ago I found perfectly formed "Emerald Crystals" in a high Copper Iron Magnesium Quartz Volcanic Tube. Thinking cool took it to a friend only to find out they were Uranium Crystals.. Geiger counter went bonkers.. hehe,, More likely you have some Peacocking of Pyrite,, wich happens around Gold and Copper based Sulfides. Beryl Emerald is rare but not out of the question look for Lines going in one direction,, and if your wanting bigger crystals look within the area for Pocket holes in the area.

Found a bigger pocket of the same stuff today but this pocket of whatever looks the same but is soft like cotton and greasy and clear oily as my better half always fingers the minerals and it got her finger oily and there was so much of it she tilted the piece of rock and poured that stuff into a sandwich bag and sealed it. I told her to get her screwdriver back into her hand and quit touching stuff like that. Thanks.

 

[G Freeman]

Copper Peacocking with pyrite.. I HOPE: let me explain.. Afew months ago I found perfectly formed "Emerald Crystals" in a high Copper Iron Magnesium Quartz Volcanic Tube. Thinking cool took it to a friend only to find out they were Uranium Crystals.. Geiger counter went bonkers.. hehe,, More likely you have some Peacocking of Pyrite,, wich happens around Gold and Copper based Sulfides. Beryl Emerald is rare but not out of the question look for Lines going in one direction,, and if your wanting bigger crystals look within the area for Pocket holes in the area.

Went out today and busted a big rock that weighs probably 500 lbs or part of the rock and one piece I busted off on the inside had a big pocket of the same looking stuff in it except it was greasy and oily as my better half stuck her finger to it and it left clear shiny oil on her finger as she likes to finger every crystal or mineral we find so gave her the screwdriver and told her not to touch that stuff so she got a sandwich bag from the truck and tilted the rock and most of that stuff went right in the bag and she sealed it. Proably got 3 or 4 table spoon full in that bag.Wet in the pocket in middle of the rock. I know it cant be but the rock looks like its got gold crystals all through it. Some of the crystals are pink instead of yellow . Thanks glad you are back hope all turns out well.

 

[chriseneim]

Hey Chris post those AGAIN!

got these from tailing piles in alma Colorado at abounded gold and silver mine the magnolia mine

 

[H-2 CHARLIE]

whats this mmmm

 

[chriseneim]

What do you think dusted possible gold coating ? I got this from the abandoned magnolia gold and silver mine in Alma Colorado. Sorry for toe shot but just wanted a size comparison. Also any idea what these little heavy non magnetic buttery yellow nugget things are? Limonite ? Sulphur

 

[NVNutcase]

Not sure if my pictures are showing up on my last post, so I'll try it again. Any ideas?

 

[CheathamHill]

Made my garrett pointer pro go nuts when I would run it over this, some places more than others... VERY heavy for its size. Any ideas?

Tha ks...


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[TankerRobbie]

could you take a wack at these for me please, the one photo of the debris in the pan has me curious could you start in the center with the red stone and work your way outward? i dont know much about geology and am new to panning

 

[precious4204]

I have quite a few from my grand fathers collection.
I do not know where he got all his gems & minerals but what I do know is he worked in a couple mines in the Morenci, Globe Arizona area.
He resided in Oracle Arizona for many many years.
He was a big collector.
I want to start with just a couple that have really left me wondering.

 

[jerseymomof3]

Delaware Bay find. Please help identify this.

Thank you for offering! I found this large clear "rock" on the beach at the mouth of the Delaware River, near Cape May, New Jersey the week after Hurricane Sandy hit. It weighs 5 ounces and measures about 3" x 2" x 2". It has no color and I can see parallel crystal formations in the edges. It is transparent. There are inclusions, white ceramic-looking circular clusters on one scraped edge. It has scratches but is very hard. I tried to chisel a tiny corner piece off and couldn't even scratch it. It is not brittle but it has some fracturing and to me it looks like it was scraped across something very hard like and then crushed, causing it to break apart. I had a jeweler test it, though he didn't give it much attention, he poked it with his tester and said it wasn't a diamond. So what could it be? I'm guessing some kind of quartz or calcite