Mineral Identification

[bloovey]

Hi all I'm new in here.

Ever since I saw a fireball fall from the sky in January 2013 I've been searching for meteorites, minerals, rocks, gems, fossils, antiques, old coins, basically anything rare and valuable that nature produces. In the summer of 2016 in my hometown Ottawa Canada I did find an interesting object in the river. It is crystal clear transparent like glass with colourful minerals in it mostly reddish, bluish, and greenish. The glass part is probably quartz and looks like it has been polished. It is in the shape of a dome and it is stony on the bottom that proves it is something natural. I took it to many places for identification but they were unable to identify because it was a very unusual specimen. Finally I took it to the museum in Toronto and they identified it as "Oxidized Copper with Quartz Dome", and they told me it is all natural. This is a very rare extraordinary phenomenon (natural copper in quartz). However I believe there is more to this strange object I found like what if it came from outer space or has originated from extraterrestrials somehow related to the fireball I saw back in 2013. Can anyone confirm this identification or is it something else. How much is it worth? How rare is it?

 

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[Plug N Play]

Have you considered plume agates as a possibility?

 

[Icewing]

Polished Azurite also looks funky like that.

 

[bloovey]

I don't think it's plume agate.

 

[Tpmetal]

The aliens are using it to watch you...

 

[bloovey]

lol

 

[Plug N Play]

Was it determined that the polished side was modern ?
I've been to source quarries, where the raw rocks were dug, then they would polish part of it, (window).
You could pick through the baskets at rock and gem shows, knowing what to expect.
Tourists, etc. would display them as is, ... jewelry makers would slice them and make stones for jewelry.

Can't imagine this surviving thousands of degrees and impacting the earth.

 

[bloovey]

I found it just like that in the Ottawa river, the museum told me its all natural. It looks polished but I just can't imagine someone dumping that in the river. Maybe it just naturally looks polished. I'm just not sure.

 

[Tpmetal]

There is no situation in nature I can think of that would polish it that perfectly, would have had to formed that way to be natural. Not sure if thats possible or not? I'm sure someone on here knows

 

[Plug N Play]

People bring rocks to me all the time, that they find in creeks and rivers.
You'd be surprised how many get washed down from peoples "rock gardens" and yard displays.

Every years creeks flood, every year river banks collapse ...
Totally normal to find bricks, tiles, and other man produced things in the watersheds.

I've been walking our local rivers for the past two weeks, poking through the driftwood ...
The man made stuff is common ... including peoples yard decorations placed too close to the river.

I can't say, concerning your conditions, but it's not unheard of.

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

I have seen green flare meteors so I suppose there must be copper in meteors (especially asteroid bits), but quartz ONLY forms from molten rock as it cools or in water. I don't think you get much "space quartz" going on.

 

[Plug N Play]

Canadian agate mine, Quebec



What plume agate looks like.
(it can be very diverse)

 

[bloovey]

interesting

 

[hvacker]

I have seen green flare meteors so I suppose there must be copper in meteors (especially asteroid bits), but quartz ONLY forms from molten rock as it cools or in water. I don't think you get much "space quartz" going on.

In the meteorite analysis documented I have, copper is listed as none to trace. Hundredths of a percent. Most are composed of entirely of iron and nickle. There are a number of meteorite ID sites on the web. Green flare could be any number of reactions as a burning meteorites travels through the various atmospheric layers of different compositions. Maybe the o-zone belt. When exposed to heat o-zone gives off a phosphorescent glow.