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Feb 08, 2013, 09:10 PM
#1
TO ALL THE PROFESSIONAL HERE'S ONE FOR YOU!
This one is a hard one for all the true PROFESSIONAL is this specimen,
A: Chalcopyrite ??
B: Iron pyrite ??
C: Gold ??
D: Mica ??
E: Hematite ??
Or
F: All of the above ??
And why did you come to this conclusion?
Answer:
Hint: Weight of specimen = 84.25 grams and it has the measurements of 2" 3/4 L - 2" 1/4 W
Good Luck!
Thanks!
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Feb 09, 2013, 12:47 AM
#2
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Feb 09, 2013, 01:16 AM
#3
OK, I'll go with F, just to see what I could have won Johnny!
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Feb 09, 2013, 01:37 AM
#4
Well I'm not a professional miner, but I can pick a letter and I can follow a trend and Terry says F. I say F.
And in my actual profession I can't tell you how many times I've been told to go F. Myself .
Prize please !!
OBD
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Feb 09, 2013, 02:00 AM
#5
That thar is Gold fellers! Or is it and F? Oh F, I dunno.....
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Feb 09, 2013, 08:19 AM
#6
I'm not a pro, but thats sure a purty rock!!!
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Feb 09, 2013, 11:21 AM
#7
r4 - how about YOU being a professional - show at least three more photos with different angles and lighting?
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Feb 09, 2013, 12:48 PM
#8
In the ONE pic you showed, sure in the heck does look like gold to me.
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Feb 09, 2013, 04:52 PM
#9
 Come out from under your bed today...... DO SOMETHING!
A is my pick. Kind a reverse reason. Chalcopyrite (copper/iron sulfied) is brassy yellow but many times has green somewhere. A for me. TTC
Last edited by TerryC; Feb 09, 2013 at 04:55 PM.
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Feb 09, 2013, 06:07 PM
#10
 Originally Posted by TerryC
A is my pick. Kind a reverse reason. Chalcopyrite (copper/iron sulfied) is brassy yellow but many times has green somewhere. A for me. TTC
I was thinking the same thing, Terry, but that lack of blue/green bothers me. I'm leaning more towards pyrite.
Jim
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Feb 09, 2013, 11:51 PM
#11
Is the same golden colored material coating the underside of specimen? The color look the same when rotated? Lacking this info, you are just asking us
to guess. Then you will give us hints about formulas for specific gravity tests. MOM! - he's not playing fair! MOM? I guess with TerryC A-Chalcopyrite It was fun anyway.
Last edited by Fullpan; Feb 09, 2013 at 11:56 PM.
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Feb 10, 2013, 01:30 AM
#12
Its one of the pyrites. I say that because of the way it is fractured.
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Feb 10, 2013, 01:38 AM
#13
 Look at the Historical Gold Mining photo albums on my page
I go with A as well because it's not gold. A specimen even ¼ gold that sized would be 180 grams+ not 84.
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Feb 10, 2013, 12:43 PM
#14
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Feb 10, 2013, 01:09 PM
#15
 Come out from under your bed today...... DO SOMETHING!
r4real..... let's have it. TTC
Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass but it's about learning to dance in the rain.
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