GeologyRockscan someone help me identify this rock please?
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hello Tina M Farrell, Do
Sat, 09/15/2012 - 23:18hello Tina M Farrell,
Do you live in or near Franklin, New Jersey, or Cananea or Sonora, Mexico? If so I think these yellowish crystals might be a light-coloured variety sphalerite called CLEIOPHANE, with normal blackish brown sphalerite in the background.
However it is an unusual mineral, so we could do with a better photograph, and a test.
Can you test the hardness for me please. Do you know how to? If not come back and I shall explain.
John
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can someone help me identify this rock please?
Submitted by tinamfarrell on Fri, 09/14/2012 - 17:05.i found this in my yard it is about the size of half a piece of bread in width and length and is hard , it is dark , almost black inside with orange crystals