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  1. J

    Gold stone help ?

    Not to be a spoil sport but just how was this tested? If it was just on a small part of the specimen the results only mean it is for that small part and not the whole. Also, was this a loose rock laying around or in a seam in rock? Can you say about where you found it? State, Country or...
  2. J

    Who likes to use mineral lights (UV)?

    Here is a good site for the Sterling Mine to see the fluorescents. https://www.sterlinghillminingmuseum.org/minerals-of-sterling-hill-and-franklin
  3. J

    Who likes to use mineral lights (UV)?

    The mines were zinc mines. Main minerals were Willemite, Franklinite and Zincite. But there were some 360 minerals, more or less, of other minerals found there. It is considered one of the most unique mineral deposit in the world. I have lost count of how many minerals have only been found...
  4. J

    Who likes to use mineral lights (UV)?

    I never used them collecting but I did live near the Franklin, NJ area (Buckwheat mineral dump) and worked underground at the Sterling Hill mine in Ogdensburg. Collected many florescent minerals in both places. Used to carry a full lunch bucket full after ever shift. I had a big lunch box...
  5. J

    Agape at Agates

    Nice pics of both. Sure miss the desert and west. Been to this area many times.
  6. J

    Identification of what my wife believes isn't a rock

    Columnar basalt is 6 sided.
  7. J

    Rock Identification Help

    If you google "meteorite magnetic" you will get a better idea. Too much to copy and paste here. But yes they are pretty much magnetic but not always. A week magnetic attraction (chondrodite) is weakly magnetic. An iron nickel one is pretty strongly magnetic. Your specimen does not look at...
  8. J

    Rock Identification Help

    Sure it's possible. Vancouver had many glaciers that have since retreated and formed rivers. If you have a rock and gem club near you see if someone can cut a small piece off of it to see the internal structure. This done on many meteorites to see what kind it is. And by small I mean small...
  9. J

    Rock Identification Help

    just a scientific wild ass guess but it sure looks like it could be glacier worn meteorite.
  10. J

    Pink rocks found around Lake Michigan ID?

    Could be datolite. On two of the pieces you show you showed as an example the pink does have that black outline like yours does. Datolite has a hardness of 5-5.5 so it would be scratched with a knife.
  11. J

    Pink rocks found around Lake Michigan ID?

    I looked around for this and couldn't really find anything just like that but from what I did see it might be an agate. The whitish material looks like quartz. The pink I have no idea. Lake Michigan shores seem to be a great place to collect rocks as they were deposited by glaciers and came...
  12. J

    abandoned mines

    It may not be public lands, very well could be private owned land.
  13. J

    Please help me identify this rock

    or a conglomerate.
  14. J

    Silver at $50 Gold at $4000

    I've seen this also but have no real answer. One of the best sources for real time silver pricing is COMEX. A lot of other sites that post the prices deal in the buying and selling of metals so maybe they are quoting a price to entice selling so they quote the price a bit high to draw...
  15. J

    Help ID

    I stand humbly corrected. :) Wow, melting a penny too. Glad I only have to melt my lead to about 700F for making my bullets.
  16. J

    Unknown shine in a pebble?

    From what looks like a platy structure I'm leaning towards mica.
  17. J

    What is this ??

    Ah, better. Try scratching it with a knife. Now it looks like quartz. If it does not scratch then it is likely quartz.
  18. J

    What is this ??

    No, the forum is not dead. No one has an idea. Now my first thought was that gray stuff that shows up yellow somehow, assuming you were using a white light and not ultraviolet, was not a mineral but some goop that just got on the rock. If using a white light that color makes no sense if it...
  19. J

    North Texas treasures /recent finds ,Indian artifacts and fossils and minerals

    Ooooook.
  20. J

    Fossil

    My fossil knowledge is limited so I had to look that one up. I think you are more correct than my comment once I looked at pictures of those things.
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