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shellyserivner

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Help identify plz!
« on: April 02, 2020, 11:27:48 PM »
I found these in ripley , West Virginia. One is pearl looking and light flesh colored and the other kind of looks like fools gold...thank u any information will be greatly appreciated.

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Re: Help identify plz!
« Reply #1 on: April 03, 2020, 04:39:50 AM »
The metallic crystal certainly looks like pyrite.  The other one could be calcite.  How hard is it?
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Re: Help identify plz!
« Reply #2 on: April 03, 2020, 04:45:26 PM »
Calcite is ubiquitous. It looks a bit like dolomite, but not the same as my piece.
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Re: Help identify plz!
« Reply #3 on: April 04, 2020, 07:21:47 AM »
It's pretty hard could it be fossileferous limestone maybe?


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Re: Help identify plz!
« Reply #4 on: April 04, 2020, 07:22:30 AM »
Oh and thank u so much for ur help


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Re: Help identify plz!
« Reply #5 on: April 04, 2020, 07:24:56 AM »
It looks like it's pearly if that's a word lol


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Re: Help identify plz!
« Reply #6 on: April 04, 2020, 09:25:04 AM »
Welcome to the forum!
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Re: Help identify plz!
« Reply #7 on: April 04, 2020, 01:02:55 PM »
If it's hard, maybe quartz replacing something else? Doesn't go with the pearly part, though.
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Re: Help identify plz!
« Reply #8 on: April 07, 2020, 01:50:03 PM »
I looked up dolomite and it looks almost identical only difference is it doesn't have the pearly look . I think ur right and thank u so much for ur help

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Re: Help identify plz!
« Reply #9 on: April 07, 2020, 05:36:14 PM »
Is it heavy compared to it's size like a Barite would be?
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Re: Help identify plz!
« Reply #10 on: April 07, 2020, 06:29:30 PM »
Was comparing yours to this set of dolomite crystals. They are a bit pearly. The pink photo is only slightly pinker than reality, the other looks washed out but I think there is some variation in color anyway. How hard are your crystals? Oh, and there are some tiny pyrite bits on mine
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