Rick N. MI Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 If you have a test kit, test for silver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSMITH Posted July 16, 2022 Author Share Posted July 16, 2022 1 minute ago, Rick N. MI said: If you have a test kit, test for silver. no test kit, do you have one you recommend ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick N. MI Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 It's cheap enough on ebay and amazon. Price is about $20. It has different acids for testing gold karat, silver and platinum. You rub the rock or whatever it is, on a small tile provided and put a drop of acid on the streak. When the streak stays, it's what the acid says it is. When the streak disappears it isn't what you tested it for. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSMITH Posted July 16, 2022 Author Share Posted July 16, 2022 23 minutes ago, Rick N. MI said: It's cheap enough on ebay and amazon. Price is about $20. It has different acids for testing gold karat, silver and platinum. You rub the rock or whatever it is, on a small tile provided and put a drop of acid on the streak. When the streak stays, it's what the acid says it is. When the streak disappears it isn't what you tested it for. thanks will order one do I just search test hits for gold or what Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick N. MI Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 It's not gold. And on the side that looks broken open doesn't look like silver. I don't think it's silver now. I think it's a rock. Someone will be able to identify it. It's still good to have the test kit around so if you find a ring and you want to test it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick N. MI Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 Search gold testing kit. Some of them have silver and platinum too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YubaJ Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 Might possibly be hematite; don't know if that's magnetic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klunker Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 Arsenopyrite. Very common in this area. I have found dozens of them, up to 2" while dredging. A good gold indicator. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSkyGuy Posted July 26, 2022 Share Posted July 26, 2022 May be specular hematite, limonite, or magnetite. If you have a porcelain streak plate a simple test will help to narrow down the mineral. Simply drag the speciment across the plate, forming a "streak" of fine powder from the mineral. The color of the streak, believe it or not, is oftern different from the bulk color of the specimen. A few possibilities; Red-brown streak = specular hematite Yellow-brown = limonite black = pyrite or magnetite (magnetite will be attracted to a magnet) Hope this helps. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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