Jade?

[Steve1236]

Boredom got the best of me again this morning and I took a a couple pans worth of dirt/rocks from a little wash near my house, I knew there wasn't any gold but I'm always on the lookout for good garnets or other gems, I didn't find anything really interesting but I found this which I thought was quartz but then I did specific gravity test and I'm getting 2.95. Could this be jade you think?

 

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[Clay Diggins]

Not Jade. It's Olivine schist an orthosilicate Steve. It's pretty common around the Bradshaws. I'm surprised you haven't seen it before.

 

[Darewsta]

Very Nice...that would be a keeper for my rock pile.

 

[Steve1236]

I've seen that in the Bradshaw's, this one just felt different and it was found in the lower agua fria, more of like a little tributary running along the side, its pretty hard, about the same as quartz maybe a little less and a colorless streak, just thought maybe it was nephrite.
Thanks Clay.

 

[robinpelton]

It's Olivine schist an orthosilicate