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Jan 03, 2018, 04:24 AM
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Jan 03, 2018, 07:52 AM
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 steve andermatt
Your green striped thing looks like a pinto bean or some kind of seed and your green quartz could be Green Corundum (Emerald)Although I don't know how common that would be where you are.If you are around the Angeles forest there is corundum there.There was also a large Emerald found close to the Glamis dunes but I am pretty sure it originated in the lava flow I came across, which has some gold mines close by.
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Jan 03, 2018, 08:07 AM
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 Grant Brandenburg
A tiny piece of the California Green Belt formation??
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenstone_belt
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Jan 03, 2018, 08:38 AM
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 steve andermatt
 Originally Posted by tamrock
So it probably is Olivine (Peridot)? a Mohs scale can help you determine what it is.If you google Mohs scale the one from the national park service seems pretty simple to understand by giving common items for examples of hardness.
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Jan 03, 2018, 08:41 AM
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 steve andermatt
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Jan 03, 2018, 08:58 AM
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 Grant Brandenburg
Yes olivine was my first thought. I believe the green is caused by the presence of nickel? I do know the early gold miners would find high concentrations of gold in quartz where the quartz vain would intersect with the green stone of California.
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Jan 03, 2018, 10:26 AM
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Looks like Peridot for the crystal, the rounded stone maybe the same or a mix of Peridot and Olivine. Be hard to tell with such small samples but the crystal looks right and if they were found in the same locality I'd be confident to call them such. Back of the boat has this one
Everyone Believes they have gold buried in the back yard... small wonder so few ever look for it. 
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Jan 03, 2018, 11:01 AM
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I'm beginning to realize I've gone through life without knowing what anything is ...
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Jan 03, 2018, 11:16 AM
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 WolfPack member
I believe it is tourmaline.
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Jan 03, 2018, 03:35 PM
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 steve andermatt
Mesa Grande?is known for tourmaline.Never mind Mesa grande that is in SoCal.
Last edited by Back-of-the-boat; Jan 03, 2018 at 03:46 PM.
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Jan 04, 2018, 12:39 AM
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 Rookie
I do definitely live where I find green in quartz rocks, I have a sample I can show you, I dug down to clay. A seed? Really? Hmm all see if I can poke a needle through the seed =p if not then all plant it in some dirt and see if it grows lol, if it doesn't then I'd say it's a odd looking rock. Does anyone know how far I have to dig to get to bedrock? I'm already at clay and I'm hitting sandish/quartz. I also ordered a 12 inch drill bit and a earth oguer so I don't have to dig so much.
Last edited by bandti7; Jan 04, 2018 at 12:58 AM.
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Jan 04, 2018, 09:31 AM
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 steve andermatt
This is why I said a bean or seed
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Feb 01, 2018, 04:16 AM
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 Rookie
I can see the bean in what you posted =p it's been a bit since I have replied back, I have the bean looking thing in a vial with water and it has not sprouted lol, someone else said that siver can leave a green staining, I think he said silver =p I'd have to check.
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