GSX yup... my guess without a better picture is that it is a tsavorite Shist..
Rare Green Garnet schist.. the large ones
Are gorgeous.. i would look (if you can) for a much hotter spot in the rock,, one that would have more mineralization in it or be cloudier and look for the large Green crystals! yum yum!
PATfreak ... not so much on the first one but http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/at...3585401546.jpg that one you just posted is yummy!<img src="http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=782627"/> That is a sweet vein with all kinds o mineralization... good source of gold to say the least.. i would crush and pan .. or just stare at it for a while..then crush and pan.. hehe the Quartz Iron copper and molybdenum is exuding thru it and .. well Yumm!
yeah,i was kinda amazed too when i look at it too i got it on my way home saw a very large rock just like what youve said about 2-3tons big..so i cut it using a crow bar..i dunno how to crush it and mill it since im just an amateur in terms of hard rock mining/gold panning.or just do the old fashion way of hammering it to dust...i attached the mother rock i get it from.
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"Treasure is all Around Us,We just need to know where to look"
Ok, here are two more, smaller samples of the same rock. I am going to say chrysocolla inside copper, but what else? The rock is from our new claim which has a silver mine as well as gold placers. How do I know if it contains silver?? The Chrysocolla goes from a light turquoise to a deep blue turquoise. Really nice stuff.
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us. It's already helping me in identifying things. Let me know how I can repay the favor.
Oh ya, the host rock of these also has peacock inclusions, small, metallic, rainbow covered spots.
hummm... nice samples there to tell i would get a piece say 3 inches in diameter and any length ,, cut it in 1/2 using a tile saw (harbor freight 29.99) if the Green melts away and doesn't take a polish its probably Chrysocolla if it holds a polish take bees wax or parafin and rub some over the green,, you should see striations of metals in the blue to green of little "Treelimbs" of gold copper or silver. Either way if its of a good strength it will sell as is to a jeweler (indian jewelers supply or rio grande...) as for the Chrysocolla if you cut it you should also see rings (like a tree stump) within the formation... after cutting it again with the bees wax (lasts longer) or parfin from a candle rub some on.. (heating rock in the sun beffore helps alot) and look for most Chrysocolla has voids in it also (beautiful chasms). the Turquoise almost never has any chasms. looking at that rock... i would so be slicing it up... hehe i actually did that to hundreds of samples in an afternoon just to get a picture "Inside" without smashing it ... and now have "Bookends" for the next 5 or 6 generations.
Hawk, like i posted earlier I do believe : 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)
GORGEOUS ROCK!
That rock should go directly to a gemologist (whom is going to drool) Its a perfect specimen of Jade (traditional colors) and creams and the Red is extremely rare. A Jade stone of that mixture should fetch $1.00 a Gram or more.. and i would settle for no less... An extremely Sweet find!
On a secondary note I nominated you for a banner! Not often that us Prospectors get a woohoo!
Last edited by Dustedyou; Apr 23, 2013 at 11:12 AM.
Reason: banner nominated the Jadite!
hey dusted here are a few pictures. i have a few mountains on my property that have this type of rock all over them. they form a ridge on the top of these mountains. south central arizona... mammoth district. thanks can i expect to find anything here?
Dmax it quite possible the 3rd picture has good signs of quartz mineralization.. i would get a loop and check out the quartz. I would also start looking within the rocks for talc and red from iron this will "Guide " you toward a good vein, red (iron) or Green (copper) is a nice indicator of good mineralization.. but are not allways present.. thats why i would suggest a loop and a close look at the Quartz area. these are "Good" examples of what to look for , but there are many others. here are Mamoth AZ gold picts good examples of where you would find some gold... ALSO Check out the GeoCommunicator its a great tool for looking at your spots ,, surrounding spots in topo or satilite, and finding old mine claims.!! GL and get some!
Ok JOE..lol
Subject #1 is most likely Magnatite
Category Oxide minerals
Spinel group
Spinel structural group
Formula
(repeating unit) iron(II,III) oxide, Fe2+Fe3+2O4
also known as the "black sand" we find in panning.. It also could be Hematite witch almost always forms with quartz and is another black sand we face in panning..lol due to the lack of quartz and Sphalerlite... and the Crystalization of the ore.. i would reckon it is magnatite.. hard magnetic Iron ferrite composition.
Subject #2 well most likely Graphite with a vein of titanium oxide not uncommon to have titanium oxide in it
The mineral graphite pron.: /ˈɡræfaɪt/ is an allotrope of carbon. its formula is C (pencil lead)
! now having said this there is a caution there is a very small chance you have Beryllium ore However remote it mimics the Graphite in quite a few ways except for the crumbling effect if it powders easily you have graphite.
From the Dale District.......immediate area shows coarse gold, no fines.....mineralization in this sample close to contact with country rock...any thoughts sir?.....
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