S SCC Joined Apr 18, 2018 Messages 15 Reaction score 27 May 13, 2018 #1 Hi all, anyone have any idea what the blue stuff is in this quartz vein? Pic doesn't show it very well but its a deep blue to black color mixed in and around the pyrite.
Hi all, anyone have any idea what the blue stuff is in this quartz vein? Pic doesn't show it very well but its a deep blue to black color mixed in and around the pyrite.
samrota Joined Nov 17, 2016 Messages 188 Reaction score 1,029 Location Adelaide May 13, 2018 #2 Black Tourmaline??
S SCC Joined Apr 18, 2018 Messages 15 Reaction score 27 May 13, 2018 #3 Sorry i should've added its quite "powdery"
Wishfull Peter Johnson Supporting Member Joined Apr 27, 2016 Messages 3,878 Reaction score 5,415 Location Yorke Peninsla S.A., SA May 13, 2018 #4 Can you put up a better picture of it that might show the colour better ?
RM Outback Joined Mar 10, 2016 Messages 7,948 Reaction score 16,028 May 13, 2018 #6 Looks like gold and pyrite in that 2nd photo :Y:. Can't help with the black, I'd crush it.
SWright Steve Wright Joined Oct 15, 2013 Messages 386 Reaction score 521 Location Wodonga, VIC May 13, 2018 #7 G'Day Hard tell from the photo but if its a bit iridescent I would hazard guess at bornite. If its a shiny but not iridescent it could also be azurite but as it is with pyrite I would go for the first choice. Araluen
G'Day Hard tell from the photo but if its a bit iridescent I would hazard guess at bornite. If its a shiny but not iridescent it could also be azurite but as it is with pyrite I would go for the first choice. Araluen