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Minerals found in fossils
Jan 30th, 2017 at 7:54pm
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Tried to figure this out on my own but didn't find any clear answers. My family found this pretty specimen and wanted to know if anyone would have an idea of what it is. Thank you in advance.
  
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Re: Minerals found in fossils
Reply #1 - Jan 30th, 2017 at 8:58pm
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This looks a lot like calcite.  If you can easily scratch it with a metal knife there's a good chance it is.  Otherwise, I would say quartz.

If you don't already know about it check out the Moh's Scale of hardness as a means of helping to identify minerals:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohs_scale_of_mineral_hardness

Calcite is 3 and quartz is 7.
  
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Reply #2 - Jan 31st, 2017 at 12:04pm
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Thanks for the information, tried the scratch test and I didn't see any marks on the mineral so I would assume it's quartz.
  
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