Damntheluck
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Sister found this on a sand bar on the Mississippi River clarksdale ms. Any ideas?
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What is it???
- Thread starter Damntheluck
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flinthunter
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Does it flake off in thin slabs? Maybe Mica. Hard to tell from the picture.
Damntheluck
New member
no it does not flake, I have seen it before in rock stores cant remember the name, To heavy to be mica. I will try to get a better picture. Very metallic looking, not heavy enough for silver.
Try to get a better light setup on it. On camera flash is only good for mugshots.
A black or dark gray background with a couple bright lights off to the sides should help. The crosslighting helps show any translucence. Also only have one item in frame for color-reference/scale.
Looks like a type of seleneite. But if it doesn't flake it can't be.
A black or dark gray background with a couple bright lights off to the sides should help. The crosslighting helps show any translucence. Also only have one item in frame for color-reference/scale.
Looks like a type of seleneite. But if it doesn't flake it can't be.
abnackimac
New member
Silver color = Galena..gold color = Pyrite. From the picture my guess is Galena.
I've seen some pretty glassy looking (kiln type) clinker, but I don't think that's what it is. Could you post a couple more pics? Have you hardness tested it?
Did they ever barge ore from the Missippi Valley type deposit mines? That sample pretty much had to have fallen off a boat at some point.
Did they ever barge ore from the Missippi Valley type deposit mines? That sample pretty much had to have fallen off a boat at some point.
old lineman
New member
Looks to me like galena like abnackimac says.
giuhalftrack
Member
it looks like pyroxene, look at picture in this page:
http://www.newark.osu.edu/facultystaff/personal/jstjohn/Documents/Common-minerals/Pyroxene.htm
http://www.newark.osu.edu/facultystaff/personal/jstjohn/Documents/Common-minerals/Pyroxene.htm