Rocks and minerals

roie · Sep 16, 2015

Hey guys,
It's the new guy again.
As I went on panning through the paydirt I got on ebay I came across these minerals, rocks or something else.
Can someone help me here?
The brow small rock has like glitter on it, and some of it seems to appear in a yellow shiny colors.
The others have this kind of glassy silvery shades. They actually lairs of lairs of small glass pages.

Thanks,
Roie

oregonmp03 · Sep 16, 2015

glassy layers would indicate Mica one of the softest minerals, the other it's hard to tell, someone better at this might know, crush it up and pan it out

kabah088 · Sep 16, 2015

I am not an expert on this but, I do know of another thread in the hard rock mining forum which is just the place for this kind of question. Lots of mineral identification examples lie within. Enjoy

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/h...ified-post-here-gimme-good-picture-3-4-a.html

austin · Sep 16, 2015

The shiny stuff is quartz with maybe, maybe a bit of pyrite. The rock looks like a piece of granite. The greenish rock I have no idea. But, we could be more sure if we knew at least what state or country you are in.

Nitric · Sep 17, 2015

oregonmp03 said:
glassy layers would indicate Mica one of the softest minerals, the other it's hard to tell, someone better at this might know, crush it up and pan it out

I agree, the grey stuff looks like Mica, I have that stuff all over my yard. We always pick it up and peel into little sheets. :laughing7:

Or pages like the OP said. Actually I think they may even be called mica books. :dontknow:

Or I've heard people call them that.

roie · Sep 17, 2015

kabah088 said:
I am not an expert on this but, I do know of another thread in the hard rock mining forum which is just the place for this kind of question. Lots of mineral identification examples lie within. Enjoy

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/h...ified-post-here-gimme-good-picture-3-4-a.html

Thanks for the info and redirecting me. I'll check it out.

roie · Sep 17, 2015

austin said:
The shiny stuff is quartz with maybe, maybe a bit of pyrite. The rock looks like a piece of granite. The greenish rock I have no idea. But, we could be more sure if we knew at least what state or country you are in.

OK. The paydirt came from some part of the Smokies. I live in Israel and bought the dirt on ebay.
by the way I spent 2 summers in Texas. Had a blast!