Quartz reef, black and metallic rocks, what are they?

[barnew]

 

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[vpnavy]

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[Indian Steve]

Cool Rocks! What state were they found in?

 

[Steve1236]

I'm no geologist but I see smokey quartz in picture 8 and maybe quartz with iron ore and magnetite inclusions in pictures 6 and 7. The others I'm guessing iron ore with Galena but don't quote me on that.

 

[barnew]

Thanks all three of you. Just working out the replying bit. Yes looks like smoky quartz to me too. Not sure if it is quite a bit of hematite through the quartz. Quite a large quartz reef - with a lot of volcanic looking rock - splattered looking rocks and vein looking rocks - but haven’t seen anything golden !! - and no rusty looking quartz at all. Not in gold reknown area. These are from my first ever rock hounding trip. Appreciate the replies thank you. I am in Australia.