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[Dustedyou]

lol PS: Little Red Riding Hood is making my coffe At the moment.... hehe!

 

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[Real de Tayopa Tropical Tramp]

Dusted you coffee? full pot. you, my friend would have a ball here. the area is probably as twisted and broken up as any that i have seen. I will post a few pictures for all to see, the mineral samples still to come Focusing and lighting problems.

 

[Panama Brett]

Hey guys if you have any rocks you want identified,, or are having a problem with the composition, Post it with questions, and a brief summary of where you got it..I'm down to help!

And I love to play Stump the Chump!

Found in an old pile at abandoned mine

 

[Panama Brett]

Im sorry forgot to add location this was from north eastern ont

 

[chriseneim]

Picked up a bunch of different rocks today up in desert ridge Arizona. Here is just one of about 20. Haha is this some type of ore? The last two photos are of what looks to be a huge nugget I found halfway buried under a tree In a dryed up wash. All the rocks came from same spot in desert ridge at undisclosed area ha. Ill up load the rest when I get some time

 

[chriseneim]

More finds from today. All opinions welcome love to get some knowledge about these. Aloha

 

[peralta]

More finds from today. All opinions welcome love to get some knowledge about these. Aloha

Hello,are you living in Hawaii?
Take Care
Tom

 

[chriseneim]

Hello,are you living in Hawaii?
Take Care
Tom

No hah I live in Phoenix from the island of Kauai

 

[Real de Tayopa Tropical Tramp]

Nice pictures gentlemen. Coffee while we attempt to stump our pro ? So far he is ticking on all 8 cylinders



Don Jose de La Mancha

 

[gold tramp]

easy one

heres an easy one for you Dust.......

 

[lilorphanannie]

hi dusted,i read your interest is copper,so i thought id share some photos of copper here south of the border. we tried cementation,and got a 60 % concentrate. the other photo is a deposit we looked at. i have other copper photos ill try to find and post. hope you like them.

 

[Dustedyou]

Dusted you coffee? full pot. you, my friend would have a ball here. the area is probably as twisted and broken up as any that i have seen. I will post a few pictures for all to see, the mineral samples still to come Focusing and lighting problems.View attachment 811317View attachment 811318

sweet! ya.. id love to do a geologic study on what you've got there OO and video works too... (send some of maid!)

 

[Dustedyou]

Found in an old pile at abandoned mine

hey bret take a gander at your other post.. but i do believe from the pict you have schist with mica.

 

[Dustedyou]

Picked up a bunch of different rocks today up in desert ridge Arizona. Here is just one of about 20. Haha is this some type of ore? The last two photos are of what looks to be a huge nugget I found halfway buried under a tree In a dryed up wash. All the rocks came from same spot in desert ridge at undisclosed area ha. Ill up load the rest when I get some time

rock up top is definately rusted iron/ with quartz.. not bad ()crack it open!) on the bottom one.... magnet stick to it. run it under metal detector, and final test (small ammount of hcl on a non-descript gold piece) (if it dissolves its pyrite... but as far as color and tinning it looks close to RIGHT! Vn either way m8 good progress!

 

[Dustedyou]

More finds from today. All opinions welcome love to get some knowledge about these. Aloha

#1 and 2 are granite, with hematite wash..

#2,3,4,5,6,7, have to be a sulphur compound.. otherwise you got some of the largest finds in a while (post those dry please!)

#8,9 are a cuparitic schist... with naice mineralization! iron copper.. garnets.. all check a lil pyrite! Crush Grind !!1 yay!

#10 (post a dry one of this too please!) looks to be a Quartz/ granite mix with hematite or magnatite vein (decent iron on it too) water is throwing me of a little tho... probably not good toward grinding..

#11 nice pyrite/sulphur mix FeS2

Color: Brassy yellow color; opaque
Streak: Black/green tinge
Luster: Metallic
Hardness: 6-6.5 (scratches glass)
Density: 4.9-5.2
Cleavage: none
Fracture: conchoidal to uneven
Habit: cubes, pyritohedrons, and octahedrons
System: Isometric
EX. Used in production of sulfur dioxide and sulfuric acid. Brittle and harder than gold.

also looks to have schist in it so may also be a Sulfosalt: like Cobaltite is a sulfosalt mineral composed of cobalt, arsenic and sulfur, CoAsS. It contains up to 10 percent iron and variable amounts of nickel.[3] Structurally it resembles pyrite (FeS2) with one of the sulfur atoms replaced by an arsenic atom.

#13 (last?LMAO) is a garnetic schist (possible copper probably closely related to # 9/10 more decayed ... i see mica but not the iron.. (IE decay) it has probably "Rotted out " of the face of the rock... bust it open!

 

[Dustedyou]

heres an easy one for you Dust.......

Volcanic background... mesa .. Gravel pit in the back.. and a GIANT Chunk of Gypsum..lol but i hate to say it (spiral in volcanic area states to me it also could be:

Marble (grand mesa CO) Famous white marble

The largest piece of White turquoise i've ever seen (yes there is white turquoise used in fish tanks kills algae naturally)

Quartz... but no chipping is wrong and "Wrap" to it is wrong.. possible for limestone

yup my best guess (wine is telling me yes yes YES lime stone... looks to have layerd at some point...lol That is an Alien Rock"" if i ever saw one... just a hair out of place for that size and age..lol

 

[Dustedyou]

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hi dusted,i read your interest is copper,so i thought id share some photos of copper here south of the border. we tried cementation,and got a 60 % concentrate. the other photo is a deposit we looked at. i have other copper photos ill try to find and post. hope you like them.

ahhh Copper! lol nice shots! ya Copper is the bane.... no wait this week its Lead!!! lol

M8 my buddy hasnt gotten back to me on the lead because he was fired! haha (his wife didnt tell me that part!) ahh well ...im looking for an aquaintence of mine down there maybe he can give me some insight into geting your lead ore run!..

PS love the old guy next to the green! gota love copper (emeralds turquoise, and peacock... ahhh ) Thanks M8!

 

[chriseneim]

#1 and 2 are granite, with hematite wash..

#2,3,4,5,6,7, have to be a sulphur compound.. otherwise you got some of the largest finds in a while (post those dry please!)

#8,9 are a cuparitic schist... with naice mineralization! iron copper.. garnets.. all check a lil pyrite! Crush Grind !!1 yay!

#10 (post a dry one of this too please!) looks to be a Quartz/ granite mix with hematite or magnatite vein (decent iron on it too) water is throwing me of a little tho... probably not good toward grinding..

#11 nice pyrite/sulphur mix FeS2

Color: Brassy yellow color; opaque
Streak: Black/green tinge
Luster: Metallic
Hardness: 6-6.5 (scratches glass)
Density: 4.9-5.2
Cleavage: none
Fracture: conchoidal to uneven
Habit: cubes, pyritohedrons, and octahedrons
System: Isometric
EX. Used in production of sulfur dioxide and sulfuric acid. Brittle and harder than gold.

also looks to have schist in it so may also be a Sulfosalt: like Cobaltite is a sulfosalt mineral composed of cobalt, arsenic and sulfur, CoAsS. It contains up to 10 percent iron and variable amounts of nickel.[3] Structurally it resembles pyrite (FeS2) with one of the sulfur atoms replaced by an arsenic atom.

#13 (last?LMAO) is a garnetic schist (possible copper probably closely related to # 9/10 more decayed ... i see mica but not the iron.. (IE decay) it has probably "Rotted out " of the face of the rock... bust it open!

Ok so here is the rock in photos 2-7 dry. It has def feels very dense and is not magnetic and has no smell. What steps should I take to come to a conclusion if sulfate or gold because if it is gold then this is a huge nugget and just guessing to a qurter to 1/2 a pound. And it almost has characteristics to this nugget in the last photo in the way that its like a thick layer of metal over another rock. Any steps and things I should check would be awesome. You never know. I found it buried almost 3 inch under a dead trees roots in the dry wash. Ok and the last 4 starting with the first nugget looking thing dry and it is not magnetic and the last to are same nugget as the one in photos 2-7. Let me know what you think brotha

 

[Dustedyou]

Ok so here is the rock in photos 2-7 dry. It has def feels very dense and is not magnetic and has no smell. What steps should I take to come to a conclusion if sulfate or gold because if it is gold then this is a huge nugget and just guessing to a qurter to 1/2 a pound. And it almost has characteristics to this nugget in the last photo in the way that its like a thick layer of metal over another rock. Any steps and things I should check would be awesome. You never know. I found it buried almost 3 inch under a dead trees roots in the dry wash. Ok and the last 4 starting with the first nugget looking thing dry and it is not magnetic and the last to are same nugget as the one in photos 2-7. Let me know what you think brotha

ok so yours the ones in (green short background ) are Crystal Gold Granite - porphyritic granite with quartz, K-feldspar, plagioclase feldspar, and mafic mineral(s) from an River intrusion the "Melted rivulets" within the rock are Feldspar... nice color but the metal "Look" isn't right... if it was gold i'd Say jump (Red Background rock DAMN NAICE!) Id jump for joy finding that one! but as for your other ones.. sorry to say nope.. if you find gold you'll know its gold weather its in small grains, or malliated around a rock or in a vein or a nugget.. you'll know its gold. I used to question this but being an indestructible (almost) metal and a noble metal it really just wants to stay stuck to itself and bend around its settings.. gold sulfates usually happen when the gold is being held in suspension with other metals that are less than noble..IE: a reactive reducer that is bonded to an inactive metal will then be able to hold the gold in suspension with the water h2o molecule thus causing the sulfate..
Calaverite is the most common gold sulfate with Sylvanite being a second. These two are metal Tellurides they were found because of Telluride mining claims and the Sulfides that made the miners very sick ( and killed a bunch in Germany oddly "Hell's Gold")
this is a full ;list of the Sulfides that can hold gold in suspension.
Au: 05a Chalcocite, 05b Djurleite, 05c Geerite, 05d Roxbyite, 05e Digenite, 05f Anilite; 10 Bornite; 15a Berzelianite, 15b Bellidoite, 15c Umangite, 15d Athabascaite; 20a Rickardite, 20b Weissite; 25a Stromeyerite, 25b Mckinstryite, 25c Selenojalpaite, 25c Jalpaite, 25d Eucairite, 25e Henryite; 30a Acanthite, 30a Argentite*, 30b Aguilarite, 30b Naumannite, 30c Hessite, 30d Cervelleite, 30e Stutzite; 35 Argyrodite, 35 Putzite, 35 Canfieldite; 40a Fischesserite, 40a Petzite, 40b Uytenbogaardtite, 40c Petrovskaite, 40d Penzhinite; 45 Bezsmertnovite, 50 Bogdanovite, 55 Bilibinskite, 60 Chenguodaite
02.BB With Ni, Fe: 05 Heazlewoodite; 10 Arsenohauchecornite, 10 Bismutohauchecornite, 10 Hauchecornite, 10 Tellurohauchecornite, 10 Tucekite; 15a Argentopentlandite, 15a Cobaltpentlandite, 15a Geffroyite, 15a Manganoshadlunite, 15a Pentlandite, 15a Shadlunite, 15b Godlevskite, 15c Sugakiite; 20 Vozhminite
02.BC With Rh, Pd, Pt, etc.: 05 Palladseite, 05 Miassite; 10 Oosterboschite; 15 Jagueite, 15 Chrisstanleyite; 20 Keithconnite, 25 Vasilite, 30 Telluropalladinite, 35 Luberoite, 40 Oulankaite, 45 Telargpalite, 50 Temagamite, 55 Sopcheite, 60 Laflammeite, 65 Tischendorfite, 70 Kharaelakhite
02.BD With Hg, Tl: 05 Imiterite, 10 Gortdrumite; 15 Balkanite, 15 Danielsite; 20 Donharrisite, 25 Carlinite; 30 Bukovite, 30 Thalcusite, 30 Murunskite; 35 Rohaite, 40 Chalcothallite, 45 Sabatierite, 50 Crookesite, 55 Brodtkorbite
02.BE With Pb(Bi): 05 Betekhtinite, 10 Furutobeite; 15 Rhodplumsite, 15 Shandite; 20 Parkerite, 25 Schlemaite, 30 Pasavaite

sulfides are a NIGHTMARE...lol but if you or anyone else needs help on Digestion or Aqua regia, or processes like Parks process or Blowpipe refinement... let me know... i'm quickly becoming a little better than useless with them! lol!

Anyhoo! good hunt... And may you FIND A nugget the size of your Leg! (I would like to hold the nugget when you do!)

 

[Alex Burke]

Dusted, is there any way to test in the field to see if your on top of a Lithium deposit if you know?