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Retired from Vic. police as fingerprint expert. Most recently 3rd year geology student 'till the chemistry did me in. Now just looking to go gem fossicking. 8)

After spending two and a half weeks in my tent at Cloncurry I noticed the floor had wear spots from being on the rough ground... so much for heavy duty flooring! When next used I fixed this problem by spreading a KMart rubber backed picnic blanket down and putting the tent over that. Small...

it could also be galena

Ummm not really sure. It certainly doesn't look like any schist I have though that is not to say it isn't schist. Have you tried scratching a bit of it... schist is soft and quite often "flakey". cheers jan.

The mineral with the striations in the crystals looks very much like a photo of bismuth that I found while looking for something else. Bismuth can be found with quartz which is what you have in the photo. Must be one heck of a backyard if you keep digging up these rocks! cheers jan.

Thanks Lee will try and make it cheers jan.

Hare_Twigga that photo with the mineral looking silver and shiney could be arsenopyrite and it is not a good idea to lick any mineral or rock. if it contains arsenopyrite it is arsenic hence the name and it is not always visible and quite often associated with gold etc. cheers jan.

mica schist is metamorphosed from clay the first is granite and the indentations could be from pyrite that has decomposed or somehow removed. cheers jan

I don't think flint would be hollow like that it is more like fossilised coral. The place to have it checked is the geology department of your nearest university or perhaps a geologist in the state government.

Thanks Lee perhaps you could just post some details of meetings on here for me cheers jan

Hello everyone, I live in the Townsville area and am keen to go fossicking though at this stage can't find anyone to show me where to go or what to do. I live in hope :) cheers jan.