NCPeaches Silver Member Joined Mar 24, 2013 Messages 2,882 Reaction score 3,005 Golden Thread 0 Location Western Piedmont North Carolina Primary Interest: All Treasure Hunting Apr 12, 2013 #1 Found this today in my creek...it's not unusual to find white/clear quartz crystals but the darker portion on this one makes me wonder what it is...when it's wet it's blackish and how do you clean it to make it shiny? Thanks! Attachments 100_6781.webp 48.3 KB · Views: 155
Found this today in my creek...it's not unusual to find white/clear quartz crystals but the darker portion on this one makes me wonder what it is...when it's wet it's blackish and how do you clean it to make it shiny? Thanks!
TheCannonballGuy Gold Member Joined Feb 24, 2006 Messages 6,614 Reaction score 13,465 Golden Thread 0 Location Occupied CSA (Richmond VA) Detector(s) used White's 6000, Nautilus DMC-1, Minelab Primary Interest: Relic Hunting Apr 12, 2013 #2 Probably a variation called "smoky" quartz. Smoky quartz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Better pictures of examples: Smoky Quartz: Smoky Quartz mineral information and data. Last edited: Apr 12, 2013 Upvote 0
Probably a variation called "smoky" quartz. Smoky quartz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Better pictures of examples: Smoky Quartz: Smoky Quartz mineral information and data.
NCPeaches Silver Member Joined Mar 24, 2013 Messages 2,882 Reaction score 3,005 Golden Thread 0 Location Western Piedmont North Carolina Primary Interest: All Treasure Hunting Apr 12, 2013 Thread Owner #3 Thank you! Upvote 0
C capt-zero Hero Member Joined Jul 28, 2012 Messages 716 Reaction score 168 Golden Thread 0 Primary Interest: All Treasure Hunting Apr 12, 2013 #4 I don't know kinda looks like hornblende to me. Hornblende - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Upvote 0
T TicDeLaRue Tenderfoot Joined Mar 29, 2013 Messages 8 Reaction score 2 Golden Thread 0 Primary Interest: All Treasure Hunting Apr 14, 2013 #5 I would guess this is a fossilized tooth. Upvote 0