Amazonite? Found a few nice peices today...

gajonois

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Please help to confirm that this is amazonite? Thanks az2.jpg az2.jpg
 

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I noticed this was your very first post gajonois - so, Welcome Aboard! You didn't list your state (or country) in your profile. So, you might consider jumping over to Sub-Forums: Select Your Area.... and selecting location information (i.e., clubs, hunts, finds, legends, maps, etc.) directly related to your state (or country).
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..: Moved from Today's Finds! over to Geological > Rocks/Gems for more exposure :..​
 

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We totally need less blurry pics. Impossible to tell much of anything.
 

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As EU says, to blurry for any ID. Where you picked it up from will help as well due to Amazonites limited localities.
 

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PikesPeakCharlie

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Definitely need better pics, but it doesn't look like the amzonite from around here , kind of looks like malachite to me ?
 

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gajonois

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Definitely need better pics, but it doesn't look like the amzonite from around here , kind of looks like malachite to me ?

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Thank you for the replies guys. Here is a slightly better pic but these ones are nothing special but you can get the idea. These are found in Peregian Springs which is sunshine coast queensland australia.
 

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Eu_citzen

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Does not look like amazonite. Will a knife scratch it?
 

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Does not appear to be amazonite to me either as there are no planes in the fractures I can see that are indicative of feldspar. A quick search on minedat only shows instances of amazonite in a few localities in Australia none near the place you found yours. A copper mineral is more likely due to coloration.
 

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gajonois

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Does not appear to be amazonite to me either as there are no planes in the fractures I can see that are indicative of feldspar. A quick search on minedat only shows instances of amazonite in a few localities in Australia none near the place you found yours. A copper mineral is more likely due to coloration.

Thank you, when you said copper mineral I did some research and came up with:
Chrysocolla
chalcopyrite

What are your thoughts?
 

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Agree it does not appear to be amazonite. Best guess is a copper carbonate, like chyrsocolla.
 

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