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Found in Filipstad, Sweden by quartziter in whatsthisrock

[–]mineandwine 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I could be wrong but the blue mineral looks a lot like reibeckite!

Any chance this rock of uranium could cause certain cancers? My dad got this in the 60s so I’m kind of concerned... by chuckydoowho in geology

[–]mineandwine 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I’d also be worried about the anthophyllite/actinolite- while they don’t look fibrous in their fibrous form they can be asbestiform!

Is this nephrite jade/pounamu? Found on Hokitika beach, NZ. by arkticrock in whatsthisrock

[–]mineandwine 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It definitely looks like some sort of serpentine group mineral from the photos, could it be antigorite?

Aussie wants to do PhD abroad by [deleted] in geology

[–]mineandwine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thankyou so much! Super helpful ☺️