calcite on hematite

[rockhoundrich]

Had a great time finding this one its boytrodial hematite with dog tooth calcite from the cady mountains near ludlow ca

 

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[mamabear]

Is it fluorescent? Have you found opal there?

 

[rockhoundrich]

No floresence from long wave and i did find common opal (no fire) in the area

 

[rockhoundrich]

Sagenite



This is what i was looking for but took the wrong trail and ended up with the hematite/calcite

 

[StoneWhisper]

For those of you just tuning in.. Sagenite is an Agate base with some sort of inclusions.. In the case above.. looks like gold inclusions.

 

[rockhoundrich]

Thanks SW i often forget to add discriptions of what i post

 

[StoneWhisper]

np. RHR last time I seen something like this.. I had found a small sample of Amethyst which had gold strands running through it.

Also.. even though it's listed as "Agate" I feel that your sample is more chalcedony based.. note the creamy center

 

[rockhoundrich]

Ahh the gold strands in amethyst is called goethite a iron mineral that helped make it purple