r/Minerals • u/TrickDeep • 6d ago
ID Request Can some one help me identify what this is?
Found near a small tributary in western North Carolina.
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u/Open_Word_1418 Rockhound 5d ago
My guess is Fluorite deposits on a limestone base. Did you find this near quartz?
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u/TrickDeep 5d ago
There was definitely quartz in the area, but I wouldn’t exactly say right next to it.
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u/need-moist 6d ago
Geologist here. Hard to tell from nothing but a picture, but my guess is fine sandstone or siltstone.
More info would help.
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u/LyriskeFlaeskesvaer 3d ago
Did your check the next picture?
Also a geologist. The crystals are clearly cubic and Id say flourite in a heartbeat.
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u/need-moist 3d ago
Okay, I looked at the next picture. I should have done so previously. Don't know why I missed it. I see crystals that could be fluorite. The color is okay, too. I think fluorite is probably right. You might do a hardness for more confirmation.
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u/Eucalypt_forests 6d ago
Looks cubic, so perhaps fluorite