Help identify green crystals and silver luster magetic composite

jsweet777

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I am new to mineralogy and prospecting, and am looking for any feedback about your best guess for the components of this rock I found in New River, AZ just north of Phoenix. What tests should I perform, or should I break it up or crush it for separating any components of potential value? Thanks a lot :icon_thumleft: CM161019-22495304.jpg CM161019-22501705.jpg CM161019-23040805.jpg
 

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Rick (Nova Scotia)

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First I wouldn't call the green parts crystals.
They could be beryl, or just green quartz. To tell the difference you would need a very accurate way to measure SG.

Good luck out there.
 

geologyjohn

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Some of those green spots look pretty bright. Based on that, and the appearance of some of the adjacent minerals, I am voting that the green mineral is fluorite. A nice find on your part!
 

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I also vote for fluorite for the green crystals. I have found similar ones in Az. and that's what they were.
 

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