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[Eu_citzen]

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Hello,

Found this metamorphic type rock near manitoba Canada border, noticed it had silver coloured pieces of metal in it. The metal and entire rock is Non magnetic whatsoever. I checked with a large strong niobium Magnet.

I broke open the rock and panned it, I had a lot of silver coloured "heavies" and small silver coloured nuggets that I could pluck out with my fingers.

Further- There was absolutely no magnetic black type sand in the pan. The silvery material seems NOT of great density in relation to that of copper, silver, gold, platinum. It seemed even though I used some detergent I still had a silvery material that would adhere on the surface of the water.

Some of the nuggets I could powederize with pliers by squeezing, while other pieces of seemingly the same material I could not.

I hope this is of help to figuring out what this is. Again I thank the site for the help. Have a great day!

Some kinda sulphide.

 

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[Eu_citzen]

Thought I would throw this up here and see if anyone had some idea's. Crushed a small amount of material from an old mine I found (1 of 3 within a couple hundred meters of each other). The material was mostly canary yellow in color and stained everything it touched, bits of brownish red mixed in. Should have taken a picture of the samples before I crushed them, looked very similar to pictures of limonite I've seen. The picture is what I found after panning down the crushed material, metallic silvery luster when wet or dry (is wet in picture), when dry it almost has a dark greenish look to it. Is not magnetic, a few of the black specs in the picture did react to a magnet. It acted very heavy when panning it, can't say how heavy compared to gold in a pan as I haven't found any yet haha. It doesn't move easily though and it was very easy to wash all of the other material off of it. I did heat it up in a skillet on my electric stove, as hot as I could, no smells that I noticed, didn't react to a magnet after being heated.
Any thoughts or input would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!

None of the above aids in ID. Could be some oxide or sulphide. Should've taken pics before crushing.
And then done the appropriate tests before crushing, to.

 

[Jasper84]

Hello,

Got a few rocks here I need help identifying, I am a relatively new rockhound and have been learning lots in the last month. Anyway, on to the pics!


So the first two pics, I believe are pink or red aventurine, the first pic is a piece I cut and polished to 220, am going to polish further as time allows, I also have a few pieces in the tumbler in pre polish at the moment. Second pic is a rough piece. Third pic I have no clue, it is something my father gave me as a kid, and he is not around anymore to remind me what it is. The fourth pic I believe are just quartz, but like I said, I'm new to this, so I would like help learning to ID these things. Thanks in advance!

 

[YumaMarc]

This is from the Cordillera, the main north-south mountain range, in central Honduras. These grow in nodules like flint. At first I thought it was flint or chert, but it is softer and doesn't spark. This area of the mountain range is mostly Andesite and volcanic tuff, but I've never seen such nodules in tuff before. They are very heavy and much denser than tuff, much more like Andesite.

I've included some photos to show close-up views of the "rind" surrounding the nodules as well as an idea of the inclusions. The nodules that I've found range from a pound or so up to thirty pounds. Could anyone with more geologic expertise than I please give me some idea of what this is?

 

[Chakarena]

Is this petrified agate?

This was part of my late fathers rock collection from western Arizona. Any input on what it actually is? I have a few more unusual pieces that no one can confirm but wanted to start with this.

 

[yellowdog5]

Found this rock in my driveway.

Can you identify?

 

[Eu_citzen]

This is from the Cordillera, the main north-south mountain range, in central Honduras. These grow in nodules like flint. At first I thought it was flint or chert, but it is softer and doesn't spark. This area of the mountain range is mostly Andesite and volcanic tuff, but I've never seen such nodules in tuff before. They are very heavy and much denser than tuff, much more like Andesite.

I've included some photos to show close-up views of the "rind" surrounding the nodules as well as an idea of the inclusions. The nodules that I've found range from a pound or so up to thirty pounds. Could anyone with more geologic expertise than I please give me some idea of what this is?

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Ignimbrite?

 

[Eu_citzen]

This was part of my late fathers rock collection from western Arizona. Any input on what it actually is? I have a few more unusual pieces that no one can confirm but wanted to start with this. View attachment 1623388 View attachment 1623389 View attachment 1623390

(man-made) glass.

 

[Eu_citzen]

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Blurryite.

 

[diggummup]

What about this rock? I've posted it elsewhere with no results.

 

[CyHawkGold]

What about this rock? I've posted it elsewhere with no results.

It looks like a chunk of wood that has been shaped, then power wire brushed to remove the softer wood between the growth rings, then touched with a torch, lightly wire brushed again, then polished.

Since it's a rock it must be a piece of petrified wood.

Just my thoughts.

 

[yellowdog5]

Blurryite.

Really is that the name of it? Or are you saying my photo is not clear enough?

 

[YumaMarc]

I was thinking maybe Leaverite, or perhaps a genuine "lovestone" (F'ing Rock). Looks more like petrified pastrami, though.

 

[yellowdog5]

bunch of smartasses, I'm going elsewhere

 

[diggummup]

It looks like a chunk of wood that has been shaped, then power wire brushed to remove the softer wood between the growth rings, then touched with a torch, lightly wire brushed again, then polished.

Since it's a rock it must be a piece of petrified wood.

Just my thoughts.

It was acquired in a small lot of pre Columbian artifacts. This is the only piece that isn't identifiable. The "rings" bubble up with a drop of hydrochloric acid. The rock itself isn't affected. It streaks white. Pic 4 shows the bottom. Pic 5 the top. Pics 6 and 7 shows each side.

 

[YumaMarc]

I'm sorry, Yellodog5. My snarky answer was not directed at you. I honestly thought Eu_citzen was joking about names like "Ignimbrite". After looking it up, I found that it's actually real. I'll check next time before making a "smartass" answer.

 

[acarrillo2]

All I know is that it’s from Santander, Colombia, South America but nothing more. I was thinking some sort of fossilized material but I’m far from an expert.

Thanks in advance

 

[Eu_citzen]

What about this rock? I've posted it elsewhere with no results.

I'd need higher resolution pics. But the HCl test indicates the presence of calcite. I'm still leaning towards sedimentary rock.

 

[Eu_citzen]

Really is that the name of it? Or are you saying my photo is not clear enough?

Nah, I'm pulling your leg. The pictures aren't clear enough.

 

[Eu_citzen]

I'm sorry, Yellodog5. My snarky answer was not directed at you. I honestly thought Eu_citzen was joking about names like "Ignimbrite". After looking it up, I found that it's actually real. I'll check next time before making a "smartass" answer.