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aputite?
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I chipped this piece off a larger rock, it looks like aputite in a purple & white crystally soft stone, under the ground it was more like a solid crystal of the purple & white with the aputit…
Started this discussion. Last reply by Don Woodward Nov. 5, 2009.
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a magnet will stick to bornite,chalcopyrite[ copper and iron],platinum due to iron content, basalt is ferromagnesian i found some in the coquitlam river ,coquitlam lake is fed by barnes lake on top of mount bonnycastle a volcano and to the west ther…
Basalt?? No, not in the Hastings Highlands of Ontario. It's definetly Magnetite..
it might be basalt
Steve, another very abundant mineral. Mica, probably Biotite..
Steve, c,mon now.. Meteorite?? You need to start reading some books on the Grenville area and the Canadian Shield.. The mineral is Magnetite, that's why a magnet sticks to it.. it's a very common mineral
cool picture
is this a mine or aroad cut ?
this is cool can you tell me what I'm looking at ? nice photo's
whats the gold color, pyrite ? & is the green mineral or moss ? sweet collection.
Gypsum, desert rose, the orange one looks like sputnik aragonite, the point, quartz, the flat one agate
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like some insight on polishing rocks & where to get the right stuff for the job I live in Toronto any local resorces would be great, I seen the video & it didn't look like they were using a grinder & belt sander. & cleaning tips boiling it in the kitchen pot makes my craft dinner gritty. Thanks
Posted on November 4, 2009 at 10:35am — 3 Comments
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- At 11:48am on November 4, 2009,
Don Woodward said… - I'm an old retired sheet metal mechanic, and I still have all of my tools. Never know when I might need to go back to work, to make ends meet. Rockhounding and lapidary work are just a hobby. Much of my lapidary equipment was bought at estate sales. I save what I can, and try to buy a new piece of equipment each year. Next year it will be a new computer, and a trip out west to meet up with some rockhound friends for a week of hunting rocks.
Don
- At 11:22am on November 4, 2009,
Don Woodward said…
- I don't know what the economy is like in Canada, but here in South Dakota, you can never get back as much as you've invested in time and effort by selling a few cut stones. Even if the cut stones are set in fine sterling, you barely break even. There has to be a market for your work, and around here there is no market.
Don
- At 10:52am on November 4, 2009,
Don Woodward said…
- I'm using an old dinosaur computer. I have to use the card slot on my printer to send pictures to a file. Something is messed up in the process. I hope to get a new computer right after Christmas, when the spring sales start. For now, I'm trying to find a temporary fix. I may try to uninstall, and reinstall a couple of programs, and see what happens.
Don
- At 9:48am on November 4, 2009,
Don Woodward said…
- Bought a new camera 2 months ago. The bug is in the photo editing software. It won't let me add photos from the memory card to an album. Have a computer geek buddy coming over this week, to try to debug this thing for me.
Don
- At 9:01pm on November 2, 2009,
Andrew Johns said…
- Hey Steve, welcome!! If you ever need any identity help from the Haliburton/Bancroft area ask away. I'm an avid collector of minerals from that area..
Keep on rockin!! Andrew.
- At 9:51am on November 1, 2009,
Kevin Corbin said… - Welcome aboard Steve. Happy hounding!
- At 9:39am on November 1, 2009,
Frances A Lindblad said… - Hello Steve
Hmmm...not sure of your spelling but I think you may mean "apatite". It looks like this green crystal. As for the purple and white rock, you will have to give more information as to where you found this for the real geol-brains of the area to say anything. I was curious about it too.
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