I had a mineralogy professor that was notorious for giving lab practicals that would consist of wonky specimens of similar/exact same colors. So ID from physical appearance was not a good option. You had to rely on all the other properties for identification.
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Sarcasmo@piefed.social · 14 pts · 222d
Chrysocolla.
starik@lemmy.zip · 9 pts · 222d
Copper ore?
Asafum@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 222d
I love copper bearing minerals! They make some of my favorite colored minerals!
Dioptase:
Azurite:
Good ol Malachite:
The first thing I thought of when seeing yours was chrysocolla but I'm not totally convinced.
Ashiette@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 222d
Could be malachite
faizalr@piefed.social · 6 pts · 222d
Very cool.
Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org · 5 pts · 222d
Is it magnetic? Radioactive? Fluorescent?
Cuzscience@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 222d
I had a mineralogy professor that was notorious for giving lab practicals that would consist of wonky specimens of similar/exact same colors. So ID from physical appearance was not a good option. You had to rely on all the other properties for identification.
Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org · 3 pts · 221d
Yeah, it's always best to examine a sample in all the ways you can. Especially radioactivity.