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Posted by: RyanRoberts Apr 18 2017, 12:13 PM

Just thought I'd start sharing my fun finds from my club invites. Prolly nothing too mind blowing but it's fun to see these finds cleaned up and some close-up detail.

Here's some pyrite or chalcopyrite.






 

Posted by: RyanRoberts Apr 18 2017, 12:19 PM

Here's a gnarly chunk of crystals with some metallic hot rocks mixed in. Not sure if it's some kind of hemitite or magnetite or...?





 

Posted by: RyanRoberts Apr 18 2017, 12:24 PM

Here's some Aquamarine crystals that are somewhat splintered or crushed a bit but this is my first Aquamarine find and to see that baby blue is quite exciting.






 

Posted by: MikeS Apr 18 2017, 05:16 PM

Nice pictures Ryan! thumbsupsmileyanim.gif

I think the first specimen is quartz and chalcopyrite mostly, maybe a little pyrite and specks of gold in there.

Second one looks like a quartz vein with red staining from iron. Not sure about the black mineral in there, it could be several things.

That beryl chunk w/aquamarine is awesome! I wonder where those glaciers picked that up. chin.gif

Posted by: swizz Apr 19 2017, 07:37 AM

Nice finds, and outstanding images! thumbsupsmileyanim.gif

Posted by: RyanRoberts Apr 19 2017, 11:34 AM

Thanks guys! And thanks for expert breakdown Mike. I love you guys for that!

Posted by: RyanRoberts Aug 2 2017, 08:36 PM

Can anyone identify this strange sparkly stuff of my feldspars?





 

Posted by: nate Aug 2 2017, 09:35 PM

the blue stuff or the more silver colored? or is that the same stuff and just how it shines in the light?

Posted by: relicsncoins Aug 3 2017, 06:23 AM

Cool stuff Ryan.

Posted by: RyanRoberts Aug 15 2017, 08:29 PM

I'm not sure if there really is anything blue in real life but it's all so small. I'm more interested in the sparkly silvery stuff. Dave?

Posted by: MikeS Aug 18 2017, 06:59 PM

It's tough to tell from the pics Ryan but I see 3 different minerals there. The only guess I have is fluorite for the blue specks but even that is hard to be sure from the pics.

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