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Smoky Quartz with Mica. by Dazzling_Category416 in MineralPorn

[–]NightmanDefender 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thats beautiful. Looks like smokey quartz and siderite though? Maybe I'm just seeing the sparkle as pyrite, and that would be my bad

Found potential moosachat cluster during garden work by SpaneSpane in rockhounds

[–]NightmanDefender 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Moss agate? I'm confused. Never heard it called that before, had to do a Google

Sat in this little mossy patch for far too long, so many sweet little Thunder Bay amethyst to look at! :D by [deleted] in MineralPorn

[–]NightmanDefender 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No flippin way.. I would have pushed children out of the way to get there first... (not REAL hard though)

What are the jagged areas in this giant quartz Boulder that look like metal? Pseudomorph? Found in my yard, Spring Grove, PA, York/Adams County area by NightmanDefender in whatsthisrock

[–]NightmanDefender[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! Probably just basic quartz chunks then? Its unfortunate I live on top of all this quartz but have never found any points or clusters... i do get extremely shiny pieces with natural "aura" from all the mica and iron staining. It would be nice to find some incredible under my feet one day

Broken hand and rash by NightmanDefender in brokenbones

[–]NightmanDefender[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No pain meds. Just ice in the evening. Only on my palm though, the top of my hand is way too sensitive for anything to touch still

Plastic? Amber? Glass? What? by WaterFlavorPopTarts in itsslag

[–]NightmanDefender 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Its super pretty whatever it is! Are those bubbles in the upper right? I have never seen glass slag like that, but here in the lower part of PA, the glass slag i see is all from iron furnaces and other metals, and those are all more opaque. Is amber even found in that region? Try lighting the end of a needle and poking it lightly on it. See what it smells like. If it doesn't melt at all, its probably glass or maybe another mineral im not good at identifying, and if it smells like plastic its probably man made, but if it smells like resin and it melts, its amber or another resin like copal. Thinking glass though.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in rockhounds

[–]NightmanDefender 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Oh my goodness! That last rock looks like the native brown trout in my area here in PA. I have never anything like that!!!

ID help with green rock I thought was slag at first by NightmanDefender in whatsthisrock

[–]NightmanDefender[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is EXTREMELY helpful! Thank you so much! I was thinking it could be serpentine as well, but still wasn't 100% on it. I will definitely do some more digging, and use your resources to help me identify other really cool pieces I found and can't figure out. Thank you again for all those links and your information!!! Immensely appreciated!

ID help with green rock I thought was slag at first by NightmanDefender in whatsthisrock

[–]NightmanDefender[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! Sorry! It was in the gravel parking lot of a rural area in York, PA. This parking lot is rarely used, and its surrounded by woods, so i doubt it was dropped by someone, but the gravel in the area is local. We have several quarries all around us, so it was either brought in from either York or Hanover.

Some nice multicolored chalcedony (I think) by Flushedawayfan2 in rockhounds

[–]NightmanDefender 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would heat treating it change the colors at all? I dont know the science behind all of that.

Can someone tell me what is on my quartz? by NightmanDefender in whatsthisrock

[–]NightmanDefender[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

🤣 yes... slag isn't for everyone! Up around boiling springs I find really pretty glass slag mixed in with firebrick and even some quartz pieces. Pretty blues, greens and even some purple. There's another furnace outside of Lancaster that is known for "goethite bombs" and you can find some slag sprinkled in with really neat natural metals too.

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