another one I am not sure of, quartz with a bed of ?

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Found this in the fall back in the creek while digging into the side. It has small quartz with a bed of maybe serpentine? What do yall think? This is one piece that I like since it shows the quartz very well. I am just curious on the other.
 

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I didn't think about that. It does make sense. I have a bad habit of doing specific gravity tests on almost all the stuff I find. Is there any way of getting a good reading without destroying the specimen? Either way I think it is one of the best looking specimens I have found in the past few months.
 

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Since you have two different materials (quartz & pyrite).... No, you won't get a good reading from that.
Hardness & streak test are a dead give away on pyrite.
 

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Man I didn't even think of that either. It's been a long 3 weeks. My first son was born so my brain is in half working mode ;)
Eu, thanks for your replies and helping me out not only with this but others.
 

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Man I didn't even think of that either. It's been a long 3 weeks. My first son was born so my brain is in half working mode ;)
Eu, thanks for your replies and helping me out not only with this but others.

Your welcome. And congratulations!
 

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