Please help ID this rock

anatoli

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Feb 2, 2017
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Hello everybody,
I'm in state of Washington.
I've found this rock at ocean beach.
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Eu_citzen

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Sep 19, 2006
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#1 Will a knife scratch it? Streak test? Magnetic?
#2 Diorite is one candidate.
 

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anatoli

Newbie
Feb 2, 2017
3
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Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
#1 Will a knife scratch it? Streak test? Magnetic?
#2 Diorite is one candidate.

Thank you for your opinion

All three are:
not magnetic
harder, than stainless steel paper knife
#1 I am thinking about jade
#2 smaller one has white metallic inclusions and overall they look close to turquoise with some kind of black quartz inclusions
 

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Eu_citzen

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Sep 19, 2006
6,484
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Sweden
Detector(s) used
White's V3, Minelab Explorer II & XP Deus.
Primary Interest:
Prospecting
Thank you for your opinion

All three are:
not magnetic
harder, than stainless steel paper knife
#1 I am thinking about jade
#2 smaller one has white metallic inclusions and overall they look close to turquoise with some kind of black quartz inclusions

Do the streak test; rubb against a unglazed piece of porcelain. What colour do you get?
I'm more inclined towards a metallic-oxide or sulphide.
 

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