Yancey co

[Goldspeed]

Can anyone tell me the minerals in these?

 

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[IAMZIM]

To my eye it looks like white quartz with mica and possibly little red garnets.

 

[Goldspeed]

Thank you for the input. How about this one?

 

[Buckshotnc]

First 3 pictures looks like pegmatite which is made up of quartz, feldspar, mica and others, this may be garnets but could be rubies, there was a ruby mine there in Yancey in the past. Hayes mine on Sampson mountain. Were you anywhere near Bald Mtn. or Bee Log Elementary School, it's a rock school ? Got relatives who live there and would like to sample below where mine was.

 

[Goldspeed]

It was actually in a creek in the small town of celo. I found all sorts of it. I was looking everywhere for aquamarine but found some amazing mica

 

[IAMZIM]

Thank you for the input. How about this one? View attachment 1613267 View attachment 1613269

Kind of looks like epidote, but, it might be something else....some one with better experience might tell you.

 

[Clay Diggins]

Kind of looks like epidote, but, it might be something else....some one with better experience might tell you.

Epidote is strongly pleochroic - it changes color - olive greenish in the sun outside, brown under tungsten artificial light.

Looks like green Spodumene (var. Hiddenite) with other inclusions.

 

[Goldspeed]

I took some better pictures using a phone light. It's amazing how brilliant green it is. It's absolutely beautiful. And from what I know Hiddenite is extremely rare. Or so I've been told.

 

[ToddsPoint]

You guys in the mtns. find all the cool rocks. I need to move off this prairie. My brother has a cabin in far NE Georgia and I might have to join him before long. Gary

 

[Goldspeed]

Northe east Georgia has some of the most beautiful amethyst and aquamarine in the world.

 

[Buckshotnc]

It was actually in a creek in the small town of celo. I found all sorts of it. I was looking everywhere for aquamarine but found some amazing mica

Beautiful area there and some really good people, had clients and friends in the area