Incredible rock find and short gold trip

[hurthawk]

Wayne found a rock unlike anything he has seen
before. We will need help identifying
its component minerals.
Oh, and there is a short
gold prospecting clip also.

 

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[Dustedyou]

My best ?? who done it is you have a type of Jadite

Jadeite colors can range through the color spectrum with more exotic colors.
Jadeite: NaAlSi2O6
Color White, Blue, Red, Green, Yellow, Orange, Brown, Pink, Purple, Gray, Black, Banded, Multicolored
Hardness 6 - 7
Crystal System Monoclinic
Refractive Index 1.60 - 1.67
SG 2.9 - 3.7
Transparency Translucent to opaque
Double Refraction -0.027 (Nephrite); 0.013 (Jadeite)
Luster Waxy, vitreous
Cleavage 1 or 2,2 - prismatic. Due to lack of visible crystals, cleavage is rarely observed.
Mineral Class Jadeite or Nephrite (Nephrite can be either Actinolite or Tremolite)

Also any time you have a ?? on a rock hit me in http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/h...ified-post-here-gimme-good-picture-3-4-a.html

GORGEOUS ROCK!

 

[Fullpan]

Thanks, Hurthawk for another fine video. What most newbies don't get, is you've been showing gold coming out of cracks for years now, and you've stripped
maybe 30-50% of that area? Now multiply your spot by how many gold-bearing creeks in your watershed, and then the number of watersheds in the Mother
Lode, there's a WHOLE LOT of gold just laying still in those cracks.

I've done some rockhounding too, but as an amatuer, I'll pass on the "beatamus" rock. Hope someone can positively id it for you.

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

It could be serpentine

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

Was that opal in video?

 

[Hoser John]

Just go to a gem/mineral store for proper ID-do a hardness test,fracture test. Jadeite everywhere no bfd but nephrite MASSIVE PRICE DIFFERENCE-John

 

[vini]

I have a piece just like it and i believe it is jadeite i'll try and find my piece around here

 

[idowa]

Obsidian?

 

[GrayCloud]

Cut it in half and post new photos.

 

[discordia]

Cool video