Pls help identify

[Sbalausa]

I found this where gold is mined

 

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[xcopperstax]

I found this where gold is mined

This is a total guess: rocks covered in mercury?

 

[Rookster]

But welcome to Tnet.

 

[A2coins]

welcome from Mi

 

[Hawks88]

Welcome to tnet from Niagara Falls.

 

[IAMZIM]

Not very good pics, but my guess is hemetite. Try taking pics in natural sunlight and take the pics dry, wetting the stones will make it more difficult to identify.

 

[Johncoho]

I agree they could be coated with mercury as that was used in some mining operations to recover gold. The darker stones look like Obsidian.

 

[Sbalausa]

OK, thanks

 

[Sbalausa]

Alright thank you, i will update my new finding

 

[No gold in NY]

Gold and mercury have a tremendous attraction for each other. That is why miners used mercury in their process. If ordinary rocks had the same attraction, the process wouldn't work. Therefore I would say those rocks are not coated with mercury. Just a lay persons thought.

 

[Ccarson]

My guess is apache tears.