Evawaco Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 I found the orange rock in San antonio and the silver one off Bosgue Rd( and it's not to foil,lol) today. I have searched and can't find out what they are. Any suggestions? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 Hello, I moved your topic to the Rocks and Minerals Forum. Try scratching them with a knife, to test for hardness. The silver one could be lead. Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 Without some tests it will be hard to give an accurate id. The left object looks like it is aluminum from a camp fire. The other could be an agate/jasper/carnelian or it could be calcite. Try to scratch it with a knife, if it scratches it is calcite if it will not scratch it is most likely the other. Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EMP Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 3 hours ago, Evawaco said: I found the orange rock in San antonio and the silver one off Bosgue Rd( and it's not to foil,lol) today. I have searched and can't find out what they are. Any suggestions? Thanks. My guess for the one on the left is either melted lead like from a tire weight, aluminum scrap, or maybe magnesium pieces left from a camp. The one on the right has the look of rose quartz. I'd suggest trying to scratch a tiny surface of the red piece with a steel nail and see if it leaves a scratch. If it doesn't, then it's quartz. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 the red one looks like rose quartzite. The other one maybe slag? 1 "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence"_ Carl Sagen No trees were killed in this posting......however, many innocent electrons were diverted from where they originally intended to go. " I think, therefore I collect fossils." _ Me "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."__S. Holmes "can't we all just get along?" Jack Nicholson from Mars Attacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evawaco Posted April 28, 2017 Author Share Posted April 28, 2017 Thank you so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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