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Post by srhoel on Jun 23, 2010 16:09:01 GMT -5
Found this while me and my friends took a break from diggin' (if you call packin' 500 pounds of tools and beer up hill a break) we where walking along a trail and found dozens of these even 2 large ones it reminds me of like a marble countertop. most of it is imbeded with crystal anyway I could use some help on it Attachments:
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Post by srhoel on Jun 23, 2010 16:12:34 GMT -5
sorry pictures are over exposed Attachments:
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Post by Dicky the Rockhunter on Jun 23, 2010 18:50:14 GMT -5
cant realy tell what the sourounding is but does resemble feldspar , if so it could be amozonite
good luck
Dicky
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Post by arappaho on Jun 23, 2010 21:33:23 GMT -5
I agree with Dicky.
Were you hiking in a pegmatite area? That may be why you were
seeing it all along the trail. Feldspar, albite, some quartz, maybe
perthite, could all be mixed up in there. Just guessing.
Joe
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Post by srhoel on Jun 24, 2010 9:19:53 GMT -5
ya I'm not sure its an old closed off trail no tellin' where they got the material for it gonna check the surrounding trails and see if I can't find the source thanks for the help
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