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Post by 1dave on Oct 8, 2017 8:44:45 GMT -5
Identifying your Gold Hill treasure is simple - Two minerals, both appear to be hexagonal, one light colored, the other red.  Mindat verifies there are only a few hexagonal minerals to choose from. My guess for the lighter one is beryl.  As for the other? There are only 372 possibilities. I'd guess a feldspar - Monoclinic Orthoclase?.  www.mindat.org/system_search.php?c=HexagonalMinerals in the Hexagonal crystal system: Achávalite, Agakhanovite-(Y), Agardite-(Ce), Agardite-(La), Agardite-(Nd), Agardite-(Y), Aiolosite, Akdalaite, Akhtenskite, Alexkhomyakovite, Alforsite, Alfredopetrovite, Algodonite, Allargentum, Almarudite, Arisite-(Ce), Arisite-(La), Asbolane, Astrocyanite-(Ce), Atheneite, Aurihydrargyrumite, Balliranoite, Barioferrite, Barlowite, Barringerite, Bastnäsite-(Ce), Bastnäsite-(La), Bastnäsite-(Nd), Bastnäsite-(Y), Batiferrite, Bazirite, Bazzite, Belkovite, Bellbergite, Benitoite, Bentorite, Berezanskite, Beryl, Blatonite, Bosoite, Braitschite-(Ce), Brannockite, Breithauptite, Britholite-(Ce), Britholite-(Y), Brockite, Bromellite, Burbankite, Buseckite, Buttgenbachite, Bystrite, Cacoxenite, Cadmium, Cadmoselite, Calcioburbankite, Calciopetersite, Calciotantite, Cancrinite, Cancrisilite, Carraraite, Catamarcaite, Cesanite, Cetineite, Chaoite, Chayesite, Chiluite, Chlorapatite, Chlormagaluminite, Connellite, Cordylite-(Ce), Cordylite-(La), Covellite, Cuzticite, Darapiosite, Davyne, Demartinite, Depmeierite, Despujolsite, Diaoyudaoite, Dmisteinbergite, Drysdallite, Dusmatovite, Edgarite, Eifelite, Ekaterinite, Ekatite, Ellenbergerite, Engelhauptite, Erionite-Ca, Erionite-K, Erionite-Na, Ewaldite, Fairchildite, Farneseite, Feroxyhyte, Ferrohögbomite-2N2S, Ferroindialite, Ferrotaaffeite-2N’2S, Finnemanite, Fleischerite, Fluoborite, Fluorapatite, Fluorbritholite-(Ce), Fluorbritholite-(Y), Fluorcalciobritholite, Fluorcaphite, Fluorellestadite, Fluorphosphohedyphane, Fluorstrophite, Franciscanite, Franzinite, Freboldite, Friedrichbeckeite, Gagarinite-(Y), Gajardoite, Ganomalite, Garutiite, Gaspéite, Gaudefroyite, Genplesite, Giuseppettite, Glaucocerinite, Gmelinite-Ca, Gmelinite-K, Gmelinite-Na, Goudeyite, Graphite, Grayite, Greenockite, Gregoryite, Grimselite, Grootfonteinite, Guarinoite, Guidottiite, Haapalaite, Haggertyite, Halamishite, Hanksite, Hauckite, Hawthorneite, Hedyphane, Heterogenite, Hexacelsian, Hexaferrum, Hexamolybdenum, Hibonite, Hibonite-(Fe), Hielscherite, Hydrohonessite, Hydroxycancrinite, Hydroxylapatite, Hydroxylbastnäsite-(Ce), Hydroxylbastnäsite-(Nd), Hydroxylborite, Hydroxylellestadite, Hypercinnabar, Ice, Idaite, Ilirneyite, Iltisite, Imayoshiite, Inaglyite, Indialite, Iodargyrite, Iquiqueite, Irtyshite, Iseite, Jagoite, Jedwabite, Jeremejevite, Ježekite, Johnbaumite, Jouravskite, Kaliophilite, Kalsilite, Kambaldaite, Kamiokite, Kellyite, Keystoneite, Khanneshite, Kinichilite, Kittatinnyite, Kleinite, Klöchite, Klockmannite, Kokchetavite, Konderite, Kottenheimite, Kotulskite, Koutekite, Krasheninnikovite, Kyanoxalite, Langisite, Laurelite, Lecoqite-(Y), Lindqvistite, Liottite, Lonsdaleite, Lourenswalsite, Luanheite, Lucabindiite, Lukechangite-(Ce), Machatschkiite, Magnesiohögbomite-2N2S, Magnesiohögbomite-2N4S, Magnesiotaaffeite-2N’2S, Magnetoplumbite, Majakite, Majindeite, Malinkoite, Mallestigite, Matildite, Mattheddleite, Mavlyanovite, Mazzite-Mg, Mazzite-Na, Megakalsilite, Melanocerite-(Ce), Menshikovite, Merrihueite, Mertieite-I, Metathénardite, Micheelsenite, Microsommite, Milarite, Mimetite, Mineevite-(Y), Minehillite, Minjiangite, Minohlite, Mixite, Miyahisaite, Moissanite, Molybdenite, Molysite, Monipite, Mountkeithite, Nagelschmidtite, Nasonite, Nepheline, Nežilovite, Nickeline, Niggliite, Nolanite, Nsutite, Offretite, Oftedalite, Orcelite, Örebroite, Oregonite, Orickite, Orlymanite, Osmium, Osumilite, Osumilite-(Mg), Ottensite, Pabstite, Painite, Palarstanide, Palladogermanide, Palladosilicide, Panunzite, Penfieldite, Penzhinite, Peprossiite-(Ce), Perlialite, Petersite-(Ce), Petersite-(Y), Petscheckite, Pharmazincite, Phosphoellenbergerite, Phosphohedyphane, Phyllotungstite, Pieczkaite, Pitiglianoite, Pittongite, Plumboagardite, Plumbopalladinite, Polezhaevaite-(Ce), Polkanovite, Poudretteite, Pseudorutile, Pyromorphite, Quadridavyne, Quintinite, Qusongite, Rambergite, Reederite-(Y), Rhabdophane-(Ce), Rhabdophane-(La), Rhabdophane-(Nd), Rhabdophane-(Y), Rinmanite, Roedderite, Rogermitchellite, Russoite, Ruthenium, Sacrofanite, Saddlebackite, Sanrománite, Santanaite, Scarbroite, Schachnerite, Schaurteite, Sederholmite, Shibkovite, Sobolevskite, Sogdianite, Sorosite, Stannopalladinite, Stibiopalladinite, Stoppaniite, Stronadelphite, Stumpflite, Stützite, Sudburyite, Sugilite, Svabite, Swedenborgite, Szymańskiite, Takanelite, Tatarinovite, Tellurium, Thaumasite, Thérèsemagnanite, Tienshanite, Tiptopite, Titanium, Tounkite, Tranquillityite, Transjordanite, Traskite, Trattnerite, Trikalsilite, Trinepheline, Tristramite, Troilite, Tsangpoite, Turneaureite, Valleriite, Vanadinite, Vaterite, Vavřínite, Verplanckite, Virgilite, Vishnevite, Vozhminite, Wadeite, Wallkilldellite, Wallkilldellite-(Fe), Wardsmithite, Weishanite, Weissite, Wenkite, Whitecapsite, Wurtzite, Xifengite, Yagiite, Yarlongite, Yimengite, Yuanjiangite, Yushkinite, Zaccagnaite, Zagamiite, Zálesíite, Zemannite, Zemkorite, Zenzénite, Zinc, Zincite, Zincohögbomite-2N2S, Zincohögbomite-2N6S, Zinkenite. |
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I’ll pick you up and we can go exploring the wild yonder!!! 
