What is this? Based on my googling it looks like a variety of corundum like ruby. I have no experience in this stuff but found a box of a bunch of minerals and gems and need help ID'ing them
Red/Purple
Is this Citrine or something else? It's matte, translucent, white with auburn color in the center
Thanks to everyone who helped me solve my earlier posts!
Hello I just found a box of a bunch minerals and stones and have no clue what most of them are! They could be real or pieces of colored plastic, I do not know. Here is one, I have MANY others.
Red with a few specks of black, and the second photo shows a purple/gray color on the other side
Hello I just found a box of a bunch minerals and stones and have no clue what most of them are! They could be real or pieces of colored plastic, I do not know. Here is one, I have MANY others.
This one is different shades of tan to red browns
Hello I just found a box of a bunch minerals and stones and have no clue what most of them are! They could be real or pieces of colored plastic, I do not know. Here is one, I have MANY others.
orangey peach color, lightweight
Hello I just found a box of a bunch minerals and stones and have no clue what most of them are! They could be real or pieces of colored plastic, I do not know. Here is one, I have MANY others.
Black/ dark grey. Really lightweight. This one looks like plastic but it could be something else??
Hello I just found a box of a bunch minerals and stones and have no clue what most of them are! They could be real or pieces of colored plastic, I do not know. Here is one, I have MANY others.
looks like jade colored spheres on a grey rock, light, but heavier than it looks (probably not...
Hi,
This is my first time posting. I'm new to prospecting. I was searching for a silver vein when I came across these rocks that contain minerals. It was my first time using a metal detector(whites dfx). The rocks were located near a small creek in a mineral rich area. The area is known to hold...
weight 4 oz
orange red crystal two large clusters. Cubes of medals throught
magnetic. strong. Cool Black Smooth black stone almmost like glass but rough not transparent. looks like melted and colledi believe that somone has cleand this piece for presentation and dug out and around the...
A while back I posted on here about these minerals and I had them looked at by several people. One person on here contacted me about testing them but I can't find his contact info!
A geologist at the local college said atleast some were garnet
A gemologist said he thought they may be cinnabar...
Hello Everyone,
I am new to this website and really excited to be a member. I have recently gotten into precious metal, meteorite, treasure, and fossil prospecting (more so on the precious metals at this point in time). I have read about 10 different books on gold recovery, I have watched 1000...