Quartz/quartzite/silver vein?

Swhite2015

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Feb 4, 2016
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image.jpeg Hello,
This is my first post to this site.. I found a nice rusty quartz/quartzite vein and thought I would share a couple photos.. I'm no rock expert but thought these were beautiful. image.jpeg image.jpeg
 

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meMiner

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Mineralized for sure, but why do you think it is silver? Hard to tell from the pictures (or it might be my PC), but also looks like might be chalcopyrite.
 

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Swhite2015

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Lots of the samples I collected had fools gold(pyrite) but the one piece was very silvery in colour compared to the others and didn't seem to flake off when I took a metal pick to it? I'm really not sure..
 

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Are you by any chance in Nevada? Take that piece of quartz in pic #2 an have it assayed. Don't be surprised ifn the report comes back silver/copper/gold 1+ oz. per ton. IMHO
(Gold rides an iron horse)


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Swhite2015

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A few more pieces.

image.jpeg I'm actually on Vancouver Island, Canada. Very mineral rich here. I found some more pieces like the second one.. I will have to get them checked out I guess.. Here's a pic of a couple more pieces. The biggest has a mix of fools and the silvery looking mineral.. Thanks.. Even if it's all fools.. My wife wants to make some into jewelry so we will find a use for it:)
 

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Swhite2015

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A few more pieces.

View attachment 1272657 I'm actually on Vancouver Island, Canada. Very mineral rich here. I found some more pieces like the second one.. I will have to get them checked out I guess.. Here's a pic of a couple more pieces. The biggest has a mix of fools and the silvery looking mineral.. Thanks.. Even if it's all fools.. My wife wants to make some into jewelry so we will find a use for it:)
 

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