best guesses

Mar 1, 2015 3:20 PM

Joe369369

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minerals

any guesses?

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Silver globs conductive, weak magnetic ,weathered black brown coating

Help identifying these rocks

silvery blobs on surface of fresh breaks. mildly magnetic

Well the first one is a rock.

11 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

Sorry OP - I wish I knew more about geology.

11 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

The last one is more stone-like, though.

11 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

Jesus Christ Marie! They're Minerals!

11 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Pyrite?

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Yup, it's minerals alright.

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Spock

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top view looks a lot like a peridotite, the green is olivine and the silvery minerals are coarse pyroxenes. best guess from the pictures

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Where is it from?

11 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

downeast maine

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yeah there's loads of peridotite in Maine, it's basically a remnant of the mantle that's been brought to the surface

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thank you. good info.

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