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Post by melhill1659 on May 15, 2017 10:54:17 GMT -5
Hey guys while Rockhounding in Utah with zarguy, orrum, catmandewe, Conn an I ventured out on our own and found these. Need some help identifying... 1dave, @shotgunner, Tommy, jeannie, captbob, jamesp,@rockjunkquie , , , , , ,
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Don
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Post by Don on May 15, 2017 16:28:26 GMT -5
could be serpentine. where'd you pick it up at? There's some spots around the milford area for collecting it.
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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2017 16:43:57 GMT -5
The green looks like the sister stone to Picasso Marble. Lots of that there and even Picasso grading to green. I have some of the last.
Yellow? Can't say. I'll parrot Don and ask where was it found?
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Post by grizman on May 15, 2017 20:01:15 GMT -5
Love the colors! The yellow is very interesting. I bet the color will really pop with a polish.
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Post by melhill1659 on May 15, 2017 20:21:14 GMT -5
The green looks like the sister stone to Picasso Marble. Lots of that there and even Picasso grading to green. I have some of the last. Yellow? Can't say. I'll parrot Don and ask where was it found? DonI found it near the Picasso Marble place. But it was on another road that was mostly Pyrite, Peridot, garnet shiny stuff. Some of the green is a bright neon looking yellow/green (looks possibly Lemon Crysoprase), some of it is a yellow/green and purple.
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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2017 20:22:05 GMT -5
The green looks like the sister stone to Picasso Marble. Lots of that there and even Picasso grading to green. I have some of the last. Yellow? Can't say. I'll parrot Don and ask where was it found? DonI found it near the Picasso Marble place. But it was on another road that was mostly Pyrite, Peridot, garnet shiny stuff. Some of the green is a bright neon looking yellow/green (looks possibly Lemon Crysoprase), some of it is a yellow/green and purple. Scratch and acid tests please.
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Post by jamesp on May 16, 2017 10:36:43 GMT -5
Holy cow. Those have cool colors Mel. You best ask the westerners on those ID's.
Lot's of yellars. sulferiferous
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Post by melhill1659 on May 17, 2017 7:10:33 GMT -5
I'll run tests today.
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Post by coloradocliff on May 17, 2017 8:56:58 GMT -5
Holy cow. Those have cool colors Mel. You best ask the westerners on those ID's. Lot's of yellars. sulferiferous That ginormous pile looks to be the western 1/3 of the Rocky Mountains.. James need a vacation out west. We'll all put you up and put up with you. You can sleep in the barn. It's empty, the cute sheep has moved into the house now. Boy those kids sure found some beauties.
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Post by Tommy on May 17, 2017 11:22:56 GMT -5
I found it near the Picasso Marble place. But it was on another road that was mostly Pyrite, Peridot, garnet shiny stuff. Some of the green is a bright neon looking yellow/green (looks possibly Lemon Crysoprase), some of it is a yellow/green and purple. Have you cut the green stuff from the picasso site yet? I picked up a small piece just to play around with - maybe I'll cut it today and see how it looks. No idea about the composition though sorry.
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Post by morerockspleaz on May 17, 2017 13:20:05 GMT -5
Wow lots of interesting rocks you found. Sounds like a great trip. Like that yellow.
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Post by melhill1659 on May 17, 2017 17:19:04 GMT -5
Tommy and jamespThe yellow is a very soft 3 but doesn't react to acid. I haven't cut anything yet. I've been playing tumbler catch up since I've been home, cleaning and fitting in new rocks, reading up on minerals and resting. I also left about 20 wanna be cabs dopped before my trips 😂 such a slacker!
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Post by melhill1659 on May 17, 2017 17:19:32 GMT -5
Wow lots of interesting rocks you found. Sounds like a great trip. Like that yellow. Thank you. Hope it will take a polish!
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Post by melhill1659 on May 17, 2017 17:20:16 GMT -5
@shotgunner, Test completed
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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2017 17:30:49 GMT -5
@shotgunner, Test completed Soft means not chrysoprase. Doesn't react to acid is interesting for sure.
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Post by jamesp on May 17, 2017 18:26:42 GMT -5
Petrified lemon pudding. So yellow. Is it marble ? How'd it taste lol ?
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Post by melhill1659 on May 17, 2017 19:06:40 GMT -5
Petrified lemon pudding. So yellow. Is it marble ? How'd it taste lol ? That one is actually different than the others. It has 2 different yellows and textures. Marble on bottom softer material on top. I'm going to slab the 2 tomorrow and see how they polish. Maybe polished they will look familiar.
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Post by melhill1659 on May 18, 2017 19:43:56 GMT -5
jamesp, I cut a small slab off of a piece today It's pretty so we'll see... TommyI cut a piece of the green today just to see. It has so many sparkly/metallic things going on I just knew it was going to be awesome! WRONG Nothing showed as particularly interesting, no sparkly flakes even, just a bunch of dark colors!! 😡⚒ let's see what your piece does.
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Post by jamesp on May 18, 2017 20:25:09 GMT -5
Ya think that's marble Mel ? Most appealing yellow. Isn't marble is heavy ?
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Post by melhill1659 on May 19, 2017 7:11:29 GMT -5
Ya think that's marble Mel ? Most appealing yellow. Isn't marble is heavy ? Marble is good with me 😂 it is heavy!
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