Gemstones experts needed!!!! help.

[Rob66]

Hi- Folks!!! Been busy hunting that elusive gold. Anyhow... this ended up in my sluice box. Some form of gemstone.Black with diffrent colors as well amber crystal.

I'm hoping it is a black diamond!!!! "Go ahead shoot me down from the clouds.." makes a nice clinking sound in my glass tube anyway.

Any help is much appreciated!!!!
Thanks in advance!!!!

Rob

[DaChief]

Looks like raw black opal. It is found in California and Nevada, I know. The pics below are the cut and polished version.

Here is a link to the Royal Peacock Mine in Nevada.

http://www.royalpeacock.com/

My second choice would be black Tourmaline.

[bakergeol]

It could be bornite which is known as a peacock copper ore.

http://www.featurepics.com/StockPhot...te-241636.aspx

http://www.spaceman.ca/mineral/index.php?ViewImage=83


George

[DaChief]

Bakergeol is on to something also.

I would say that if it has a glassy appearance it would most probably be one of the gemstones I mentioned. If the black is a more dull flat appearance, the bornite is a better possibility.

It is hard to tell in your pic due to the small sample and some fuzzing of the photo.

[Rob66]

Bakergeol is on to something also.

I would say that if it has a glassy appearance it would most probably be one of the gemstones I mentioned. If the black is a more dull flat appearance, the bornite is a better possibility.

It is hard to tell in your pic due to the small sample and some fuzzing of the photo.

Sorry about the pics.....need to upgrade.Glassy it is!!!!!

[Rob66]

It could be bornite which is known as a peacock copper ore.

http://www.featurepics.com/StockPhot...te-241636.aspx

http://www.spaceman.ca/mineral/index.php?ViewImage=83


George

Cool pics!!!! Nice colors.....still not too sure.... but it looks close.