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Scorpio  
Posted : Friday, 7 September 2012 2:53:39 PM(UTC)
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Metal Kiwi  
Posted : Friday, 7 September 2012 3:38:21 PM(UTC)
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OK from a complete novice at this here is my guess.
Pic 1 is a maybe
Pic 2 - 10 is pyrite.

All cool specimens though.

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Apostle40  
Posted : Friday, 7 September 2012 3:56:41 PM(UTC)
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I to would have to agree...(less than a novice) ;)
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icemaneli  
Posted : Friday, 7 September 2012 6:08:44 PM(UTC)
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Hey, well done those are some awesome finds.
Look mostly like Pyrite/chalcopyrite and maybe Galena or Stibnite in a couple but pretty hard to tell from a picture.
Have you tried or are you able to streak them, that's probably the best way to distinguish gold from pyrite?
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Lammerlaw  
Posted : Friday, 7 September 2012 11:16:08 PM(UTC)
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I think that there are iron pyrites in the rocks and also copper pyrites in the form of Bornite/Chalcopyrite. Possibly a little galena or Antimony but it is impossible to tell without holding them and examining them first hand and maybe a little Arsenopyrite.

I dont know if it is supposed to happen buy when I click on the links and it says next image...I get all sorts of interesting images but none of them are naked!
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simon  
Posted : Saturday, 8 September 2012 2:50:55 PM(UTC)
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might not be gold but still interesting enough to be worth keeping.

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Posted : Monday, 17 September 2012 2:35:24 PM(UTC)
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all that glitters......
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Posted : Monday, 17 September 2012 5:18:00 PM(UTC)
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I dont know if it is supposed to happen buy when I click on the links and it says next image...I get all sorts of interesting images but none of them are naked!


Quite addictive clicking through 'em huh Lammerlaw! Very cool pussy pics and the 'bird' in the shellfish mural..... wooo
Hehe

And yes, cool rocks!
There's another to find and I'm gunna find it!
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