Garnets and gold ?

Asgardird

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Hi I am from Canada Quebec I found those 3 today in a hole that I dig because my metal detector was detecting metal..
The small rock that look like gold I try to crush it with a bigger rock but didn't work pyrite will shatter in pieces right?the little rock just enter deeper in the wood while I hit it with a bigger rock the pictures arevzoom x20 and x60 look like pollen to me....the two others might be Garnet the big one scratch glass and marble but it's the first time I see a Garnet that size and form since I dig... I can see thru with flashlight hope you can help thank you



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It does appear that you've found a couple of garnets, fractures and color look right. Your smaller metallic bit maybe a gold specimen, try a streak test with it. Its not uncommon to find gold and garnet together in some localities especially when panning. Good eye you caught the garnets coming out of the hole. And yes pyrite will shatter when struck between two stones, so will gold specimens ;) but the gold itself will flatten.
 

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Try scratching the black stuff with a knife. Could be garnets in mica schist?
 

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Asgardird

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I Rob this Garnet on every side on granite/marble pieces I have around my house and nothing happen apart the granite being scratch
 

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They look like granitic rocks, so the possibilities are there for garnets, sulphites like pyrite, and perhaps microscopic gold. The only way to know for sure is to have it crushed and assayed.
 

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