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29th Nov 2020 20:37 UTCChristina Floyd

Found in the demolition of an old home in Mississippi. I do know it’s not from here. Extremely heavy ~30lbs. I actually tripped over it while looking for bricks. Cleaned with water and dawn dish soap so far. Milky quartz but that’s all I know. Help please.

29th Nov 2020 20:41 UTCChristina Floyd

Another side.

29th Nov 2020 20:42 UTCChristina Floyd

Close up

29th Nov 2020 20:46 UTCChristina Floyd

Close up

29th Nov 2020 20:48 UTCChristina Floyd

Another side

29th Nov 2020 21:19 UTCPaul Brandes 🌟 Manager

Welcome to Mindat, Christina!

You're correct in that it's milky quartz and likely not from Mississippi. The rest of the rock looks iron stained and the blue/green looks like chrysocolla (I don't believe it's paint), but hard to say from just a photo...

30th Nov 2020 13:20 UTCChristina Floyd

It’s not paint. I’m thinking it’s chalcopryite and malachite possibility.

30th Nov 2020 16:21 UTCDonald Lapham 🌟

I know this is quite a stretch, but something about the specimen said Lynch Station, Virginia to me: https://www.mindat.org/loc-7981.html. Can you see (and peel off flakes) of mica on it? Lynch Station had mica schist. I also think I see two different colored minerals present, one more green, the other more blue.

If we try to find a local source for the specimen then assume that the green is Malachite, a common copper mineral. Malachite doesn't seem to be found in Mississippi but it does show up in Arkansas, Alabama, and Tennessee. You would have to do some more research to see if the copper deposits in any of those states occur in quartz veins. There is so much copper mineralization from the American Southwest in Arizona, New Mexico, etc. that is commercially available from rock and mineral dealers that the specimen may be nothing special.

I think we would prefer you please take photos of the dry specimen.

1st Dec 2020 13:26 UTCChristina Floyd

Dry picture

1st Dec 2020 13:29 UTCChristina Floyd

Dry photo

1st Dec 2020 13:34 UTCChristina Floyd

You can see the flakes on the towel

1st Dec 2020 13:37 UTCChristina Floyd

Dry photo it’s still shiny. Some quartz areas ore more clear than milk and the metallic areas shiny

30th Nov 2020 23:15 UTCChristina Floyd

I have no idea where it came from. The owner of the home had it. I actually found it while looking for old bricks. Yes, it can be flaked off in some areas. And yea there are areas that are blue and some are green. Almost like a corroded battery in spots, the color at least. When it comes to MS rocks I know a few things but this one is nothing like we have here. When I get home I’ll take more pictures. I did a scratch test, some areas were black while some were yellow.

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