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Gemstones, Minerals & Fossils
Gemstones and Minerals
Green Quartz ?
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<blockquote data-quote="Syndyne" data-source="post: 35708" data-attributes="member: 378"><p>Hi all,</p><p></p><p>Wonderful to see that gold in those pieces Paul! I'd do a little happy dance if I saw that too <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p>Not discounting Wal's thought's of Greenstone as there's a small chance that could be possible, but to me that looks very much like Serpentine you have there. It wouldn't surprise me if so, as it's quite a common occurring mineral, particularly among gold bearing areas with Quartz outcroppings. It's much softer than Quartz on the Moh's scale so it would make sense that it's worn down more in the tumbling process. Greenstone (or Jadeite) is quite a hard material at around Moh's 6-6.5 so I wouldn't suspect it to ware down as much as that during tumbling with the associated Quartz -and it would take a nicer final polish than that also. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Very nice specimens none the less! Be interesting to see that final gold content tally.</p><p>Kindest regards,</p><p>Shauno.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Syndyne, post: 35708, member: 378"] Hi all, Wonderful to see that gold in those pieces Paul! I'd do a little happy dance if I saw that too :D Not discounting Wal's thought's of Greenstone as there's a small chance that could be possible, but to me that looks very much like Serpentine you have there. It wouldn't surprise me if so, as it's quite a common occurring mineral, particularly among gold bearing areas with Quartz outcroppings. It's much softer than Quartz on the Moh's scale so it would make sense that it's worn down more in the tumbling process. Greenstone (or Jadeite) is quite a hard material at around Moh's 6-6.5 so I wouldn't suspect it to ware down as much as that during tumbling with the associated Quartz -and it would take a nicer final polish than that also. :) Very nice specimens none the less! Be interesting to see that final gold content tally. Kindest regards, Shauno. [/QUOTE]
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