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Identity HelpAWARUITE/OREGONITE?

15th Jun 2017 12:21 UTCAnett Lind

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Hi, I have find some stones in different sizes, someone is strong magnetic,somone non-magnetic. They are heavy and look like shiny stainless steel metal. I have searching on internet and find that they look like Awaruite or Carbonado. Is there someone who can help me to identify what I have find.

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15th Jun 2017 12:30 UTCAlfredo Petrov Manager

Most likely these pebbles are composed of various species of iron oxides: magnetite, goethite, hematite, etc. Get a piece of hard unglazed white porcelain (you could always smash a coffee mug and use the broken surface, if you can't find any other), scratch the pebble hard over the surface and see what color streak it leaves.

15th Jun 2017 13:14 UTCWayne Corwin

Anett

You can also try your streak test on the underside of a white porcelain toilet tank lid if you don't have a tile.

15th Jun 2017 14:21 UTCAnett Lind

Thanks, I have now try the streak test on a white porcelain tile but not any colour showes only a white line from the stone.

15th Jun 2017 16:36 UTCD Mike Reinke

Are they from a stream bed or beach? They look water tumbled. They are quite shiny but sometimes that just means they can be extremely fine grained. Crack one or two open and let's see a fresh surface. If they're not leaving a streak they may be a very fine grain silicate, one more iron than usual. The fact that you found a number of them indicates there not something rare and exotic.

15th Jun 2017 16:55 UTCDana Slaughter 🌟 Expert

It might also be helpful to indicate where you have been finding these specimens. I've collected nearly identical stream-worn magnetite nuggets in Arizona and very similar ironstone nodules in southern Michigan. Are they from a streambed, beach, etc?

Awaruite is rather rare outside southern Oregon and your pieces seem considerably darker than most awaruite specimens that I've had over the years.


At the very least, you've found the right forum for your inquiry! Welcome!

15th Jun 2017 17:49 UTCAnett Lind

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I found them a rainy day on a field in Turkey. I saw them clearly after the rain, black and metallic luster, heavy and cold. I have cut some of them to see how the surface look like.


Thanks for your help.

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15th Jun 2017 17:49 UTCAnett Lind

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I found them a rainy day on a field in Turkey. I saw them clearly after the rain, black and metallic luster, heavy and cold. I have cut some of them to see how the surface look like.


Thanks for your help.

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15th Jun 2017 17:53 UTCJose Miguel Sola Fdez.

Not necessarily found in rivers and beaches, can be found in any valley or plain with sedimentary materials that formerly were in a river or beach.


I find them very much everywhere. But I lean for magnetite and goethite too.

15th Jun 2017 17:53 UTCAnett Lind

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15th Jun 2017 18:03 UTCAnett Lind

The strange thing is that some of them are magnetic and other non-magnetic.

15th Jun 2017 18:06 UTCFranz Bernhard Expert

These are nice rocks! Each composed of several different minerals. I get an "ultramafic feeling", but I am not really sure of that. There seems to be some magnetite / chromite (the black stuff) in some rock - are these the ones, that are magnetic? The matrix of the last rock has a dark purplish color (at least on my monitor) and a somewhat layered appearance - maybe it contains chromian clinochlore (aka kaemmererite)?

Franz Bernhard

15th Jun 2017 18:37 UTCDon Saathoff Expert

Hopefully one of the petrologists on Mindat will look. I seem to see reaction rims around some of the clasts and a boudinage texture. Although I'm certainly not a petrologist or volcanologist Franz's

idea of "ultramafic" sounds reasonable. If you would like to find which clasts are magnetic within the rock, since you have sliced several, you can magnetize a steel sewing needle, suspend it on a piece of thread and dangle it over the cut surfaces - just a bit more information...


Don

15th Jun 2017 21:35 UTCGregg Little 🌟

As Don says it has an ultramafic "feel" or certainly basic with the dark colouration. Definitely appears sheared with the way some of the clasts are stretched. Where were the samples found in Turkey; local geology might shed some light.
 
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