GioTheGreek
Bronze Member
- Sep 12, 2009
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- XP DÉUS, Minelab E-TRAC, Pro-Pointer, Hawk-like Vision, Receding Hairline
- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
Well today was a beautiful day to go out prospecting.
I got myself together, and headed out solo today for a walk around our claim.
On the way to our spot, I noticed a nice new highway cut on the right hand side.... not very far from our area. I decided to go and have a look. I came across this beauty.
Isn't that a lovely rock!?
It is absolutely full of what looks like pyrite... and god knows what else. An immediate glance around, didn't show any others like this, but I knew the source was probably over by the rock walls somewhere.
Moving on... I started to poke around, and noticed plenty of mineralization around.
You can see it if you look closely, all over the wall. It also looks like we have plenty of more samples to send in. This new area is so close to our other claim, it's literally one box over on the claims map. I am definitely going to be on the guys to extend our stake into this location.
I came across another rock (mineral?) that was quite brittle. It's was like a dark green chalk after I poked away at it.... but in it's natural form, it looks like a black graphite or something along those lines. I have no idea to be honest... maybe some of you do?
You can see in the picture, where I hammered at it with a rock pick. Instead of it breaking apart, it held its form and only allowed me to make a dent into it. Very strange. The black spot on the picture is what it looks like before hand.
After I fiddled around at a couple of quartz veins, I paced around on this beautiful sunny day, and came across a rock that didn't fit into the puzzle. It was dark red, full of huge pyrite crystals, and extremely heavy. I couldn't see any source for it, but I then realized I could be standing on it. I'll have to go back and move a bit of rock around and see if I can't hit some bedrock .
Back to the first rock I have pictured, I found the source I was looking for....
I'll take a picture of the red rock tomorrow, I have the sample in the car. Maybe someone can give me some input on that one and that green talc-like/graphite stuff.
Last but not least, I found this lovely little specimen. Quartz with some pyrite I believe? The quartz had some sort of orange sheen on it, which was giving off some lovely colours as I turned it in the light.
These ones have that rainbow effect to them in the light...
Any thoughts, or information, please fill me in.
Regards,
Gio
I got myself together, and headed out solo today for a walk around our claim.
On the way to our spot, I noticed a nice new highway cut on the right hand side.... not very far from our area. I decided to go and have a look. I came across this beauty.
Isn't that a lovely rock!?
It is absolutely full of what looks like pyrite... and god knows what else. An immediate glance around, didn't show any others like this, but I knew the source was probably over by the rock walls somewhere.
Moving on... I started to poke around, and noticed plenty of mineralization around.
You can see it if you look closely, all over the wall. It also looks like we have plenty of more samples to send in. This new area is so close to our other claim, it's literally one box over on the claims map. I am definitely going to be on the guys to extend our stake into this location.
I came across another rock (mineral?) that was quite brittle. It's was like a dark green chalk after I poked away at it.... but in it's natural form, it looks like a black graphite or something along those lines. I have no idea to be honest... maybe some of you do?
You can see in the picture, where I hammered at it with a rock pick. Instead of it breaking apart, it held its form and only allowed me to make a dent into it. Very strange. The black spot on the picture is what it looks like before hand.
After I fiddled around at a couple of quartz veins, I paced around on this beautiful sunny day, and came across a rock that didn't fit into the puzzle. It was dark red, full of huge pyrite crystals, and extremely heavy. I couldn't see any source for it, but I then realized I could be standing on it. I'll have to go back and move a bit of rock around and see if I can't hit some bedrock .
Back to the first rock I have pictured, I found the source I was looking for....
I'll take a picture of the red rock tomorrow, I have the sample in the car. Maybe someone can give me some input on that one and that green talc-like/graphite stuff.
Last but not least, I found this lovely little specimen. Quartz with some pyrite I believe? The quartz had some sort of orange sheen on it, which was giving off some lovely colours as I turned it in the light.
These ones have that rainbow effect to them in the light...
Any thoughts, or information, please fill me in.
Regards,
Gio
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