Is this copper ore?

[CMD-Digs]

I sure hope so, cause I lugged about 50 lbs of it down a mountain.

If it is, can anyone identify the type of ore, and if it has any value to collectors as is.

Thank you!

 

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[vpnavy]

I sure hope so...

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[CMD-Digs]

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Thank you very much for the warm welcome. I'm from Moncton NB, Canada.

But anything on the rocks?

 

[stdenis_jd]

did you find it near where you're from (NB)?
Sure does look like a copper oxidation zone, maybe tenorite & various copper oxides/carbonates.

Can you do a streak test with the black and green minerals (with the green find the most solid surface)?

 

[605dano]

Definitely looks like copper or to me. Azurite or malachite. Fairly common but nice specimens.

 

[stdenis_jd]

some of that bluish stuff also looks more similar to zinc carbonates, possibly associated with Cu as well (smithsonite)

 

[Eu_citzen]

Sure, let's find the muddiest lake and look into a bottle of whiskey to find out how many Indians there are in Korea.
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Short answer: We could guess, but your best bet is an assay.

The reason for that is while maybe a collector is uninterested, a mining company might be curios.