Mysterious Mineral Collection Subpage 12
Gold Flower
The picture above is my pan with some tiny
fragments of gold flower which are the tiny gold
flecks on the inside of the mining pan.
Marble
The mineral above is marble which is non foliated
and massive. Marble has a texture like calcite or dolostone.
Reacts with HCI when powdered. Recrystallizes
into larger crystals.
Piercer or Borer
The stone tool specimen in the picture above is
a piercer or borer. Piercer and borer were used to
make bigger drill holes than by a stone tool drill bit.
They are relatively more square and flat sided than
a stone tool drill bit for that matter.
Pyrope Garnets
The tiny stone specimens in the picture above are some pyrope
garnets in my mining pan. Garnets are a mineral which is found
in a medium degree of metamorphism . They vary in colors of brown,
green, to red. There also a 12 sided crystal with a hardness of 7.5.
Sickle
The stone tool in the picture above is a small
hand size sickle. Sickles are used in agriculture
when it comes to cutting down the crop. This particular
sickle has a texture an appearance like that of High
John the Conqueror Root.
Silver Strands
The minerals in the photograph above are silver strands.
They all came from the bottom of the pan within the iron
powder while mining. Silver strands can also appear to
look like a sterling necklace shape in their raw form.
Stone Awl
The stone tool in the photograph above is a stone awl.
Stone awl are small and easy to carry around and they
have a sharpened point. This one must have had a
sharpened blade on one side to aid in punching holes
in animal hides such as a stone point.
Stone Scraper
The stone tool specimen in the picture above is
a stone scraper. This particular scraper seems to
have a bladed edge and a notched side at the end.
Stone scrapers are used to scrape and clean out
the inside of animal hides.
Stone Wedge
The stone tool in the picture above is a stone wedge.
Stone tool wedges are used to spread things such
as wood apart when fastening hammer heads,
axe heads, or even arrow heads. There are usually
three sided with a wide lip at the widest end.
Tiny Pyrope Garnets
The tiny stone specimens in the picture above are some
pyrope garnets. Garnets are a mineral which is found in a medium
degree of metamorphism . They vary in colors of brown, green,
to red. There also a 12 sided crystal with a hardness of 7.5.
Tomahawk
The stone tool specimen in the picture above is
of the top to a tomahawk. Tomahawks have a
hammering side and an axe edge. This particular
specimen is only the axe edge side. This tomahawk
appears to be made from water sapphires and it's
without the tomahawk axe handle.
Tuff
The stone specimen in the picture above appears to be
tuff. Tuff has a fragmental rock texture. Tuff is also
a felsic rock with a light color to it. It is formed of a
microcline and quartz.
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