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Found in North Carolina hills when i was going down the mountain half concious from heat stroke.

I recognize the quartz but not the soft, flacky, silery metallic stuff. What could it be?

>> No.6604286
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>>6604283
More pics to come

>> No.6604288

geofags? wtf

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>>6604288
It's a term of endearment here.

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This shows the metallic flakes well.

>> No.6604296

never heard of that shit, but okay

>> No.6604297

Quartz and Fool's Gold ore.

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>>6604295
Now we're getting to the sweet stuff. Hnnnng

>> No.6604301

Some kind of mica? Biotite maybe?

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>>6604297
Does fools gold have to be yellow? This only has the dark silvery look to it.

>>6604301
I'll look the mica / biotite up once im done dumping. Doing this from my phone.

Are the pics good enough quality?

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>>6604305

>> No.6604311

Looks like Big Foot took an artifactual shit....

>> No.6604321

>>6604283
Looks like Muscovite or a similar mineral.

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>> No.6604400

>>6604283
Looks like Muscovite but I can't really tell the color in the pic. The easiest way to test this is to check if the mineral breaks off into sheets. If it doesn't it might be magnetite, you can check this by seeing if it is magnetic.

>> No.6604414

>>6604301
>>6604305
Biotite is black. Could be another mica like muscovite.

>> No.6604416

>>6604414
oh good.
I thought I knew nothing about rocks because I thought it was mica.

>> No.6604638

>>6604283
frozen mammoth cum

>> No.6604658

do you happen to have a picture of the site where you collected the rock? was the area strangely devoid of vegetation? Rather than saying "heat stroke" could you describe the symptoms that you were suffering in proximity?

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As young quartz grows it consumes a wide variety of elements in it's diet depending on it's surroundings. Many strange things have been found in their bellies upon autopsy.

>> No.6604713

>>6604283
some sort of mica
Most likely muscovite

>> No.6606255

>>6604283
its definitely a rock, yup it has that rocky texture and color. its a rock

>> No.6607078

>>6604283
It's a weeping angel.DON'T BLINK!

>> No.6607238

I see quartz, mica, possibly feldspar. I would say its a granite pegmatite

>> No.6609350

Does it flake in sheets ?

>> No.6609425

>>6604295
>metal

Diamond obviously

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OP, here. Thought this thread was pruned. Sorry for wait.
>>6604321
>>6604400
>>6604414
>>6604713
>>6609350

Yes, it flakes in sheets. A few sections of the stuff that points away from the quartz are almost soft when I run my thumb over it. Like tightly pressed sheets of paper or thin plastic that give the slightest bend. When I press my thumb nail into the edge of section of tightly packed sheets it deforms with light pressure.

After reading the wiki page on Muscovite after your suggestions, I'm pretty sure that's what it is. Mystery solved.

>>6604658
I don't have a picture but I was in the Smokey Mountains in North Carolina. The area we were passing through to get back to camp was strewn with boulders, dark brown top soil, tall and thick tree cover. I don't remember it having much grass at all in that area except for brush at the base of some trees.

Symptoms: Confusion was the most dominant, dissociative thoughts, my actions were mechanical, limbs leaden.

I was butt scooting to get down this section of trail that had large outcroppings of dark rock creating shelf's. The trail was smooth otherwise with dark soil. When my hand touched the ground I felt a rough rock barely above the soil. Without thinking I stopped what I was doing, pulled it free, shook the dirt off and saw it was quartz. Really it was just a quick glance, shove it in pocket. I didn't give the action any thought and I've never been into collecting minerals.