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copper ore and more Aug 6, 2014 12:38:30 GMT -5 gingerkid, snowmom, and 1 more like this

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Post by transcendental on Aug 6, 2014 12:38:30 GMT -5

Hubby brought me some more, can't wait to take a trip up there with him, was going to go Saturday but those plans fell thru, maybe next weekend.

Here's some quartz sandwiched between copper ore, not sure what the red is

Prehnite, think it formed under a layer of copper ore

You can clearly make out the botryoidal fracture

Looks like a snakes head. Not sure what the black is but there's a gap in the quartz that makes it look like a mouth with teeth, nice little points inside

My best guess is either beryl or tourmaline

Chrysocolla and malachite with quartz on copper ore

Really neat how the chrysocolla is coating the quartz

Green Botryoidal prehnite and another mineral clear in color, was thinking tabular prehnite but it has a rainbow so now idk, it has clean cleavage so can't be quartz. Taking suggestions on this.

You can see the rainbow in this pic

Between the veins of prehnite there is a pocket of a softer mineral, my finger nail can dig into it and scrape it out, not sure what it is but it's not dirt

Thanks for looking

„In crystal we have a pure evidence of the existence of a formative life principle, and although in spite of everything we cannot understand the life of crystals - it is still a living being." - Nikola Tesla, 1900

braders has rocks in the head Member since July 2014 Posts: 699	copper ore and more Aug 9, 2014 16:18:26 GMT -5 via mobile transcendental likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by braders on Aug 9, 2014 16:18:26 GMT -5 Mmmm crystals That is a neat one in the last pic Makes me wanna go crystal hunting wooo

transcendental spending too much on rocks Member since June 2014 Posts: 459	copper ore and more Aug 10, 2014 19:46:48 GMT -5 snowmom likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by transcendental on Aug 10, 2014 19:46:48 GMT -5 The copper isn't an easy find in ct, you gotta be in the right spots and most are now residential neighborhoods. The prehnite too isn't easy to find. Hubby's got good luck I guess
	„In crystal we have a pure evidence of the existence of a formative life principle, and although in spite of everything we cannot understand the life of crystals - it is still a living being." - Nikola Tesla, 1900

braders has rocks in the head Member since July 2014 Posts: 699	copper ore and more Aug 10, 2014 19:49:54 GMT -5 via mobile transcendental likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by braders on Aug 10, 2014 19:49:54 GMT -5 What happened to the good ol days of when people didnt get upset when they caught you late at night hounding and digging in their basment !!

transcendental spending too much on rocks Member since June 2014 Posts: 459	copper ore and more Aug 10, 2014 20:40:05 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by transcendental on Aug 10, 2014 20:40:05 GMT -5 Lmfao
	„In crystal we have a pure evidence of the existence of a formative life principle, and although in spite of everything we cannot understand the life of crystals - it is still a living being." - Nikola Tesla, 1900

braders has rocks in the head Member since July 2014 Posts: 699	copper ore and more Aug 10, 2014 20:49:54 GMT -5 via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by braders on Aug 10, 2014 20:49:54 GMT -5 Im pretty sure I got some sneaky neighborhood kids that have been rockhounding my place while im off to work lol ..and I dont mind

transcendental spending too much on rocks Member since June 2014 Posts: 459	copper ore and more Aug 10, 2014 21:25:27 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by transcendental on Aug 10, 2014 21:25:27 GMT -5 Lucky kids
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copper ore and more Aug 11, 2014 22:42:53 GMT -5 transcendental likes this

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Image 7 (Beryl or Tourmaline) Could be Beryl but not tourmaline.. Because both have different structures.. The Beryl would be cubic (Hexagonal shaped) while the Tourmaline would be an irregular circle shape and this crystals appears to have the cubic structure

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transcendental
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copper ore and more Aug 12, 2014 22:31:46 GMT -5

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Thx Stone Whisper, I've seen a few tourmaline that had defined edges (cubic) on it but not often and usually black tourmaline. Not well informed on either of those 2 minerals. Need to do more research, find a way to test is its beryl or something completely different

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