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realtimerecon
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Joined: 08 Feb 2011
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Location: Smith Mt. Lake VA.
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SamBurgin
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Joined: 22 May 2010
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Tue Feb 15, 2011 6:49 pm |
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I found a similar piect at Philpott Lake, it turned out to be very small quartz crystals. Do you have a loupe or mag glass to look closer?
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realtimerecon
Dredger
Joined: 08 Feb 2011
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Location: Smith Mt. Lake VA.
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Tue Feb 15, 2011 7:12 pm |
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| SamBurgin wrote: |
I found a similar piect at Philpott Lake, it turned out to be very small quartz crystals. Do you have a loupe or mag glass to look closer?
Sam |
Ya,I checked it out w/a good mag glass.Still looks like silver.Pyrite / mica should fracture at the point of a sharp instrument,but this dosent.Its surface is smooth, almost like it was painted on.But i found it in a place that hasent see humans in decades + |
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Astrobouncer
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Joined: 13 Jul 2009
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Location: SC Upstate
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Tue Feb 15, 2011 7:26 pm |
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Maybe arsenopyrite. Its hard to tell from the pic. Can you do a hardness test? Streak test?
Also another test I just thought of: splash some water on it and see if it turns a yellow color. If it does then its chalcopyrite. |
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realtimerecon
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Joined: 08 Feb 2011
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Location: Smith Mt. Lake VA.
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Wed Feb 16, 2011 5:33 am |
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| Astrobouncer wrote: |
Maybe arsenopyrite. Its hard to tell from the pic. Can you do a hardness test? Streak test?
Also another test I just thought of: splash some water on it and see if it turns a yellow color. If it does then its chalcopyrite. |
Hit it w/a hammer.Just put a dent in it.Scratched it with knife ,wont come off. |
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realtimerecon
Dredger
Joined: 08 Feb 2011
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Location: Smith Mt. Lake VA.
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Wed Feb 16, 2011 5:37 am |
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| Astrobouncer wrote: |
Maybe arsenopyrite. Its hard to tell from the pic. Can you do a hardness test? Streak test?
Also another test I just thought of: splash some water on it and see if it turns a yellow color. If it does then its chalcopyrite. |
The quarts I found dosent look anything like the pix. of chalcopyrite here>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chalcopyrite I sure wish I could post pictures directly to this site.Have ,maybe 7 thousand shots on my computer. |
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daubster
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Joined: 11 Nov 2010
Posts: 744
Location: somewhere west of the Atlantic
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Sun Apr 24, 2011 9:47 am |
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| Astrobouncer wrote: |
Maybe arsenopyrite. Its hard to tell from the pic. Can you do a hardness test? Streak test?
Also another test I just thought of: splash some water on it and see if it turns a yellow color. If it does then its chalcopyrite. |
The quarts I found dosent look anything like the pix. of chalcopyrite here>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chalcopyrite I sure wish I could post pictures directly to this site.Have ,maybe 7 thousand shots on my computer. |
upload your photos to a hosting site like Photo Bucket, Picasa, etc.
then you will be able to post your pics |
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