Identification please.

Mineral54

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Sep 22, 2014
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1. This is very hard and the stripe of green goes all the way through it. Pictures are both sides.
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2. This one is porous and very light. I have some that float and some that don't but they look just alike.
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3. This one is heavy and very sparkly, tiny sparkly and the surface is rough.
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4. This one is also heavy and hard like quartz. All these were found in the Mojave desert.
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wilfndgold

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Aug 29, 2013
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The green stuff I,ve found rocks just like it told it,s Skarn the green could be Epodote.
 

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Mineral54

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Sep 22, 2014
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Southern Nevada
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On number 2. could it be something called coke that comes from burning coal? Someone suggested that to me so i was just wondering. I found this in the mojave desert next to a train track.
 

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Eu_citzen

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1. The green is probably epidote.
2. Do streak and hardness test.
3 and 4 could be granitoid?
 

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