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  1. #1
    us
    Apr 2009
    23

    Found this blue stone, ? what is it.

    Found in wisconsin in glaical till, been a rock hound for years but never found blue stone before, any help? Thanks Mike
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  2. #2
    fr
    Jan 2009
    30

    Re: Found this blue stone, ? what is it.

    It looks strange but it's like if the stone had been painted. But it could be chalcanthite on lead or azurit on copper. However, it really looks like paint.
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  3. #3
    us
    Apr 2009
    23

    Re: Found this blue stone, ? what is it.

    Quote Originally Posted by Exnihilo
    It looks strange but it's like if the stone had been painted. But it could be chalcanthite on lead or azurit on copper. However, it really looks like paint.
    Thats what i thought(paint) but after washing in water i took a little paint thiner on a rag and wiped it but got no color. Thanks for the reply Mike

  4. #4
    se
    Sep 2006
    Sweden
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    Re: Found this blue stone, ? what is it.

    It looks sort of blueish from here, chrysocolla or turquoise?
    whack off a small edge, might be useful to see a fresh surface.
    Geologists are gneiss, tuff, and a little wacke.

  5. #5
    us
    Dec 2009
    Upper Peninsula of Michigan
    13

    Re: Found this blue stone, ? what is it.

    From the color of the background in your photos (I assume it was white) I believe the color balance is pretty close to actual, so the blue colors are fairly represented.

    The colors certainly have the appearance that is common to copper oxides and copper carbonates. This is probably a specimen from the weathering zone on the top of a copper deposit and represents the secondary minerals from that zone that have been glacially transported.

    Any chance this specimen was found in the glacial rubble south or south-southwest of Ladysmith?

  6. #6
    us
    Jan 2008
    Villa Rica georgia
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    Re: Found this blue stone, ? what is it.

    possibly azurite
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  7. #7
    us
    May 2007
    Bremerton, WA
    73

    Re: Found this blue stone, ? what is it.

    I know it's a little late to reply to this, but.... Peacock Ore
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  8. #8

    Jan 2005
    Colorado Springs, co
    minelab
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    Re: Found this blue stone, ? what is it.

    Looks Bornite or Covellite. Just a guess

  9. #9
    us
    Tuberale

    May 2010
    Portland, Oregon
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    Re: Found this blue stone, ? what is it.

    Can't see any fracture zones, but I'd guess poor grade lapis lazuli myself.

  10. #10
    us
    Oct 2008
    535

    Re: Found this blue stone, ? what is it.

    Looks like chyrsicola, quite commonly mistaken for turquoise by the newbies to rock hunting...not an expert but....goat

 

 

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