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Post by RickB on Apr 26, 2022 18:28:26 GMT -5
Found this
Pyrite is not magnetic. Some related minerals are, but only weakly, not as strong as iron, so the test will likely fail anyway. Magnetism is not an inherent property of an element, but that of a compound. Most compounds of iron are not magnetic (though some are); on the other hand, there are organic magnets made out of totally non-magnetic elements.
Think of something based on chemical properties instead. Pyrite is a salt of a metal and a weak acid. Gold is a metal, of the kind that would not react with acids.
Streak test:
Chalcopyrite and pyrite will leave behind a dark green to black streak
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Post by mohs on Apr 26, 2022 19:43:09 GMT -5
Yo just did a streak test color indicates closer to 100% confirmation that the nugget is pyrite not my gold filling That fell out years ago I took the filling back to the dentist To refit back into the cavity no go Not a great dentist or who knows ? maybe he cheated me ha  this shows it won’t stick That magnet is pretty strong go with some weakly magnetic to nil Was reading about geo-chemist doing some sort of procedure to increase the magnetic qualities in pyre More read about this sulfide- more I dig…. |
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Post by mohs on May 1, 2022 16:53:03 GMT -5
Took a Sunday stroll along Tempe Lake w/ ELF Just couple things I saw and shot to amuse myself & any one who views Along the lake they have all these plaques made of various material One section is all about horses and riders in the water  A spindly desert bloom  Its a Sunday a fun day Do it your way & have a gneiss day  |
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Post by Son Of Beach on May 7, 2022 22:36:48 GMT -5
Life is strange. On the road at my mom's place Poking my beak around, seeing what's new. No idea where it came from, but it got there somehow I'll inquire over some coffee in the morning Another synchronicity I suppose.....  Someone is carrying the mantle *I think its resin 😑 |
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Post by mohs on May 8, 2022 10:16:06 GMT -5
Yohs Chad
that a butte of a heart
the person who crafted it
Did a nice job on it.
Especially like that cleave
Hard to tell
is it a high dome ?
Look forward to the back story...
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Post by Son Of Beach on May 8, 2022 20:44:27 GMT -5
Yohs Chad that a butte of a heart the person who crafted it Did a nice job on it. Especially like that cleave Hard to tell is it a high dome ? Look forward to the back story... Best I could make out, was a brief friend of my mom's I can't remember how they became acquainted,
this talented lady came down with near sudden Parkinson's was an star of the local orchestra, and an artist to boot gave my mom a gorgeous watercolor painting and this heart for all the help she had been offered I would guess they had significance to her
I forgot to take side shot... not a rock though, maybe a wood or resin. Not entirely sure.
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Post by mohs on May 8, 2022 21:02:21 GMT -5
cool Chad
Does your Mom live close?
or were you traveling to visit?
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Post by Son Of Beach on May 8, 2022 21:07:47 GMT -5
mohs she's a couple hours north of me, turned a mothers day into a rather busy weekend got a to float on a new river and saw on old friend and their new kiddo try to maximize my time up that way, touch base when I can Was good to see everyone and the gorgeous weather was helpful 
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Post by Son Of Beach on May 9, 2022 18:03:35 GMT -5
Did the double take on this one Ed, not many rough shaped rocks chilling in the water. Thought the whole getup was interesting, mostly smooth on two sides, like it just fell off a slab.  |
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Post by mohs on May 9, 2022 19:12:42 GMT -5
- That is an anomaly Chad What would naturally cause 2 flat sides? Some sort of strange glacier slide  Do you think its sedimentary rock? |
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Post by Son Of Beach on May 13, 2022 19:46:39 GMT -5
- That is an anomaly Chad What would naturally cause 2 flat sides? Some sort of strange glacier slide  Do you think its sedimentary rock? I honestly don't have a good answer to this, thought a rock I found today had shed some insight but I'm still not viewing in the right light I need to do more research on gneiss, geology, etc, etc
I'll get back to you someday  |
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Post by mohs on May 15, 2022 15:47:36 GMT -5
This sandstone wall at the Phoenix Library rocks !!  Its probably Mohsnkopi sand laid down during The Triassic Era in Colorado Plateau area found that gold nugget well… that all I got hope its good enough mohs |
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Post by mohs on May 16, 2022 13:53:02 GMT -5
Yo Coming off the blood moon photo shoot Butte saw this strange occurrence in the deep in the mountainous crevice  Not sure why its lit up back there ? Some secret I will explore |
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Post by mohs on May 23, 2022 20:30:32 GMT -5
The Roosevelt Damn
was dedicated by
President Theodore Roosevelt
March 1911.
What interesting,
& just dawned on me,
was that it was started & constructed
before Arizona became a state in
February 14 1912
have pictures of the quarry
where the rock were hewed
for the dam.
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Post by mohs on May 29, 2022 19:47:07 GMT -5
I had real gniess day Beside divine inspiration In the Library I went and treated myself To Los Olivas Mexican Patio In Scottsdale Az. They’ve been established since the 1930 losolivosrestaurants.com/first I’ve ever dined there! I held court telling the patrons my Wallace & LadMo story  
Ho ho ha ha he he ha haa
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Post by parfive on May 29, 2022 21:43:42 GMT -5
I held court telling the patrons my Wallace & LadMo story Just happened to look up a new word (for me, anyway) a few minutes ago, Ed . . . griot: a member of a class of traveling poets, musicians, and storytellers
who maintain a tradition of oral history in parts of West Africa. |
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Post by RickB on May 29, 2022 21:52:22 GMT -5
I had real gniess day Beside divine inspiration In the Library I went and treated myself To Los Olivas Mexican Patio In Scottsdale Az. They’ve been established since the 1930 losolivosrestaurants.com/first I’ve ever dined there! I held court telling the patrons my Wallace & LadMo story
Ho ho ha ha he he ha haa
Ed, impressive menu but this has to be a typo. $178.00 |
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Post by mohs on May 29, 2022 23:20:52 GMT -5
Ha ha RickB Good rock  hound eye I sat at the bar, & was just there for my favorite dish Green chili burro Red enchilada style The bartender looked at me strange as if I wasn't sure - what I was ordering Then he caught on - he had an original Sonoran style red enchilada sauce That the ticket ! Rick gemfeller would know! Anyway I brought up Wallace & Ladmo Asking if they had ever dined there ? That lead me to grioting Hey Rich parfive Then a couple other bar patrons came over to listen Plus a distant relation of the original owners told me about Condello's Mom turned down a margarita offering was driving Long ways Thanks for making me study their menu I learned something also! Never heard or tried Chalupas C’mon on over and let’s gohs … Buya a fajita Might have to be at Taco Bell For the cheap one ha ha |
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Post by mohs on May 31, 2022 16:03:47 GMT -5
These 2 strange flying insect Were in the rock yard attached  difficult time trying to capture a sedentary photo they were fluttering about And avoiding me & the camera ha The bluish critter reminds me of a tarantula wasp Anyone have any other i.d.? Thanks... |
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Post by rockpickerforever on May 31, 2022 17:10:40 GMT -5
These 2 strange flying insect Were in the rock yard attached difficult time trying to capture a sedentary photo they were fluttering about And avoiding me & the camera ha The bluish critter reminds me of a tarantula wasp Anyone have any other i.d.? Thanks... Hey, mohs! The one on the right looks like a banded cricket. The dark/black one on the left looks like some kind of predator eating the hapless cricket. Hey wait, it does kind of look like a tarantula hawk (that irridescent black/blue), but I see no wings. I know they catch insects, give them a paralyzing bite, lay an egg on it, and stuff it down into a burrow, where the egg hatches, then their larvae use the bug for food. So, they are connected by the eating bug's mouthparts holding on to the butt of the cricket! Yum yum! My guess, I may be wrong?  |
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