ErniE
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Post by ErniE on Apr 12, 2010 15:36:28 GMT -5
i posted most of this in the newbie room but here it is again... i stumbled on all these rocks for free!!! i just had to haul them all away and after 2 weekends and 6 truck loads, my body hurts but this is so cool... now i just need to get me some tools.. i want to make slabs and cabs and tumble everything else... whats this stuff? worth anything? 1- 2- 3- 4- 5- 6- 7- 8- 9- 10- theres huge boulders of this stuff, theres moss on it..
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Post by FrogAndBearCreations on Apr 12, 2010 15:42:29 GMT -5
the last picture looks like wavelite and all of that stuff is worth something, the first pic. looks like a neat mineral specimen.
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Post by FrogAndBearCreations on Apr 12, 2010 15:53:41 GMT -5
do you have a small chunkie of that last stuff in the picture line up that you would like to sell to me? If I got some to cut and work I would be able to tell what it is, maybe just looks very interesting
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Post by FrogAndBearCreations on Apr 12, 2010 16:20:06 GMT -5
the other thing would be to get hooked up with a lapidary club in your area, the members would be more than willing to help you ID your great haul.
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agatemaggot
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Post by agatemaggot on Apr 12, 2010 16:25:11 GMT -5
The piece of green , glass like material IS green Obsidian and, it comes from an area near Burns Oregon. I have a slab I picked up from out there. I also have several pieces of Green Sheen Obsidian that has to be sliced in the correct direction to get the Green effect. Like cutting Labidorite, probably butchered the spelling on that one. The piece of Quartz with the Green material in it might be a chunk of Gold bearing material from someones mine tailings.
Harley
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elementary
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Post by elementary on Apr 12, 2010 21:09:51 GMT -5
#10 looks like actinolite. After a mudslide back in the late 60's or early 70's, massive boulders of this stuff were exposed near Wrightwood, CA. Be careful messing with it. I believe it's in the asbestos family.
#9 looks like a geode you might get in the plains states. There does not appear to be a matrix, so I wouldn't classify it as a thunderegg, which takes out most of the west coast.
#3 looks like calcite. I bet it is real soft and scratches easily.
#7 if that is shimmering with different colors, I'm wondering if it is ammonite. That left specimen cries out "shell". (edit - saw your video, is the curving feature part of the rock, or did someone try to cut it?)
But I am not a minerololololologist.
Lowell
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Post by rockmanken on Apr 12, 2010 21:29:56 GMT -5
1. flourite 2. obsidian 3. calcite 4. 5. slag glass 6. quartz with gold and chrysacola 7. 8. schist 9. geode with calcite (possible the Keokuk area) 10. wavelite The flourite and the gold are the most valuable. Do NOT cut either one. Most of these are specimen material, not cutting stock. (Exception...slag glass and obsidian)
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Post by rockmanken on Apr 12, 2010 21:33:58 GMT -5
P.S. if you can scratch the gold with a knife, it's gold ...if not it could be pyrite. Hard to tell in the picture. Hope it is gold.
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Post by drocknut on Apr 13, 2010 22:29:37 GMT -5
I agree, it is all worth something, especially to the right person. Those old collections generally have great material that can't be had anymore. I'm with Ken first one, definitely looks like fluorite. Very nice color to it and great specimen. #2 - obsidian #3 - calcite (you can test it with a bit of vinegar - if it fizzes it's more than likely calcite - wash it off after you test with a little baking soda water so it stops reacting) - it might be fluorescent since lots of calcite is fluorescent. #4 - no clue #5 - purty blue swirly rock...lol #6 - pyrite and chalcopyrite on quartz (also if I'm seeing right, there is some purple/blue stuff on it which might be bornite) does not look like gold. It is most likely from a mine site. #7 - labradorite #8 - mica or schist or mica schist - either way schist happens...LOL 9 - geode 10 - idontknowite - lol It doesn't look like wavelite to me, when you say there are large boulders of it makes me more inclined to think it's something else, usually wavelite is on smaller pieces as specimen material (at least that's what I've seen).
Most of these are specimen material, not cutting and cabbing material. Definitely would leave the fluorite as a specimen. Too bad there isn't any record of where it is from or when it was collected. It looks like some I've seen from China.
That's my :2cents:
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baojiazhi
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Post by baojiazhi on Apr 14, 2010 11:56:11 GMT -5
I think #10 is actinolite or possible chlorite. If it looks like needles then actinolite if it forms in books like mica it is chlorite
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Post by tkrueger3 on Apr 14, 2010 20:25:41 GMT -5
Nah, none of it is worth spit! Send it all to me for disposal. Heck, I'll even pay the freight! ;D ;D ;D ;D
Really, you scored one heckuva haul. Congrats!
Tom
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