Anyone familiar with rocks, minerals, gemstones? Need help to ID some

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  1. tyeldom3

    tyeldom3 Well-Known Member

    Bought some rocks and I can only ID the turquoise & amethyst (I think), and the one in the upper left corner just looks like a standard river rock. The rest I don't have a clue :confused:. Any help is greatly appreciated and thanks for your time.:):)
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  2. KingofThings

    KingofThings 'Illiteracy is a terrible thing to waist' - MHH

    You'll have to hang on awhile, probably, but you will get your answers. :)
     
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  3. silverthwait

    silverthwait Well-Known Member

    Seventh photo down is, I think, serpentine.
     
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  4. Messilane

    Messilane Well-Known Member

    The 5th one down looks like some kind of moss agate.
    Other than that, all I have is "greenie rock, gray rock, lumpy rock, purply rock, . . .".
    :)
     
  5. KingofThings

    KingofThings 'Illiteracy is a terrible thing to waist' - MHH

    :)
     
  6. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    Hahahahahahaha!!!!!!!
     
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  7. KingofThings

    KingofThings 'Illiteracy is a terrible thing to waist' - MHH

    Could be that all of them are in the Leverite lineage...... ;)
     
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  8. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    Nah, there's some value there....just not much.

    Tye, I can't imagine what you're going to do with those other than display them on a shelf.

    & yes...the upper left rock....is a rock.....I have one just like like it .
     
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  9. verybrad

    verybrad Well-Known Member

    Second pic seems to have some pyrite in it unless that is gold. 9th one looks to be granite with a bit of quartz in it. Last photo looks like some fossil fragment. Dinosaur bone?
     
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  10. moreotherstuff

    moreotherstuff Izorizent

    I wonder if the 4th photo is flint or chert, and if the 6th photo might be malachite. The seventh picture could be flourite, it could also be marble. The 8th photo calcite (if it's clear and crystalline). All just guesses.

    With that 8th photo, can you draw a line on piece of paper and see it through the material?
     
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  11. KingofThings

    KingofThings 'Illiteracy is a terrible thing to waist' - MHH

    I agree with Fluorite though I have mistaken that for Amethyst.
    The potential Malachite one has a googly face in it... Perhaps cut that out of it for a necklace, brooch or some such? :)
     
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  12. tyeldom3

    tyeldom3 Well-Known Member

    Oh y'all are so awesome, thank you.....lots of info for me to read here....I will be right back....thanks again!!
     
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  13. afantiques

    afantiques Well-Known Member

    I agree pyrites, and the one after it looks like galena, a massive ore of lead.Next lookslike flint, then an agate.
     
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  14. tyeldom3

    tyeldom3 Well-Known Member

    Thank you Kingofthings, Messi, Silverthwait, Komokwa, Brad, Moreotherstuff & Af! You are all so helpful, it's overwhelming! Just too much info for my little brain to handle :joyful:.
    Komokwa, I bought them in hopes of having something there worth re-selling. It's not looking good for that so far..sigh:D
    Brad, I would have never thought of a dinosaur bone, that would be sort of neat!
    Af, the 2nd & 3rd pictures are the same rock, I just took a photo of the top and bottom. There is some gold coloring in it.
    Moreotherstuff, I can see the line on the paper (although it's hard to see in my awful pic), but only on the clear part of the rock. I took a pic and another pic of the back of that rock.
    And Brad I took a couple more pics of that last rock.
    Thanks again everyone.
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  15. clutteredcloset49

    clutteredcloset49 Well-Known Member

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  16. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    The 3rd one down kinda looks like petrified wood......but wdik...?
    The turq may indeed be resellable....but not for much...
     
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  17. moreotherstuff

    moreotherstuff Izorizent

    If photo 8 was calcite, the drawn line should appear doubled, which does not seem to be the case. So not calcite. Could be quartz. Could also be salt or alum. I would try tasting it, but you might not want to.
     
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  18. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    grind up a little over some mashed potato's ?????:hilarious::hilarious::hilarious:
     
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  19. tyeldom3

    tyeldom3 Well-Known Member

    Thanks so much cluttered closet, komokwa and moreotherstuff, you are all so helpful. I'll look into all your wonderful suggestions......except tasting it, LOL!!! yuck!!!:D;)
    I'm just not brave enough.
     
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