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Post by Son Of Beach on Apr 28, 2022 16:49:16 GMT -5
It's what I've been calling it in my mind...
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Post by mohs on Apr 28, 2022 17:35:22 GMT -5
Interesting Chad
Green Could be
That matrix seams like limestony
or travertinish
Hounded ?
Do you know where found
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Post by Son Of Beach on Apr 28, 2022 17:47:47 GMT -5
Interesting Chad Green Could be That matrix seams like limestony or travertinish Hounded ? Do you know where found Oh I should have mentioned...
This is a Galesburg rock shop find, not local.
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Post by vegasjames on Apr 28, 2022 18:12:47 GMT -5
Looks like serpentine. How hard is it? Serpentine is pretty soft.
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Post by Sabre52 on Apr 28, 2022 18:14:59 GMT -5
Sure looks like jade or serpentine but a hard nail or tap from your hammer will tell for sure. Jade is harder than serpintine and usually a nail will not scratch it. Jade dings when struck, serpentine makes dull thumps.
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Post by Son Of Beach on Apr 28, 2022 18:25:45 GMT -5
Sure looks like jade or serpentine but a hard nail or tap from your hammer will tell for sure. Jade is harder than serpintine and usually a nail will not scratch it. Jade dings when struck, serpentine makes dull thumps. Well it doesn't scratch with a nail screw but a steak knife made a small indent and it sounds like two cue balls hitting each other when I hit with a hammer. |
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Post by mohs on Apr 28, 2022 19:21:15 GMT -5
what about the matrix?
does it scratch easily
or is is all the same ?
mo,,,
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Post by Son Of Beach on Apr 28, 2022 19:22:49 GMT -5
what about the matrix? does it scratch easily or is is all the same ? mo,,, Sorry Ed, you mean the outside edge?
If so, yes, it is the same consistency and scratches with the steak knife.
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Post by mohs on Apr 28, 2022 19:37:45 GMT -5
yep from the picture
it look like the green
was of different mineral
than the surrounding matrix
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Post by Son Of Beach on Apr 28, 2022 20:23:29 GMT -5
The two edges   |
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Post by mohs on Apr 28, 2022 22:06:13 GMT -5
 Don't think it serp Maybe tho 🤔
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Post by vegasjames on Apr 29, 2022 1:36:31 GMT -5
The two edges Jade is most often found where water is or was running like rivers and therefore generally have smooth rounded surfaces. So I am leaning more towards serpentine. |
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Post by mohs on Apr 29, 2022 12:00:08 GMT -5
Yohs Guys  believe the rock to the left is serpentine really does resemble yours Chad ezcept mine doesn't seem to have the quartz crystallization that appears in your yours o well this starts getting confusing real quick.... The black rock on right is what I originally thought was the matrix that the green in your serp was encased in. assuming my black rock is silicfied quartz I found it. Thought it was cool Lots of quartz here as that black flavoring Wonder what that may be? The big white chunk that the two rocks are displayed on Is some sort of talcy consistency limestone, I think found it in the Salt River, A fairly unusual specimen I would think. I don’t have the eyes for fossil butte it wouldn’t surprise me If there is something embedded it … |
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Post by Son Of Beach on Apr 29, 2022 14:52:18 GMT -5
The two edges Jade is most often found where water is or was running like rivers and therefore generally have smooth rounded surfaces. So I am leaning more towards serpentine. I'm going to run it in a tumbler for a week and see what happens, that should tell me how it will continue to turn out. It's one of those rocks I have that I'm not really sure what to do with, not big enough for a book end. It's pretty though...
mohs I agree, Ed it looks similar to what you presented. Fingers crossed it turns out well  |
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Post by rockbrain on Apr 29, 2022 19:47:40 GMT -5
I've got a lot of serpentine in my yard and it looks a lot like what you have there. What I have breaks off in layers and leaves sharp edges.
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