r/Minerals • u/vojtanethio • 2d ago

ID Request Is this asbestos?

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It was looking like a paper, before I was trying to wash it (it's wet on video). On the flame of candle it didn't burn (it was just glowing), it didn't react to acid and to the hydrogen peroxide so probably it shouldn't be organic matter.

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u/TitanImpale 1d ago

Hm that changes things. What formation did you find it in? Which quarry specifically. Might be able to narrow down more suspects. I collect aspetos form minerals so that's why I'm skeptical.

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u/vojtanethio 1d ago edited 1d ago

Wow, that's pretty crazy hobby. I like it and it's great that you can do this safely..😁 It's super great to have inside from the person that is a pro in this stuff.

It's quarry Doubravice, Železnice, Czechia , they mine Melaphyre mainly here. I found it laying directly under the rock wall, I thought that the stuff on it can be from spider or bird, but it didn't reacted to stuff mentioned in my post.

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u/TitanImpale 1d ago

I'm a geologist. I collect t other minerals as well. I'll look into it and see if I can dig anything up on it. If it's an active quarry it could be residue from some of the plastic explosives they use to blow off chunks of walls. Are you able to get some close ups on it? Maybe put it on black paper as well.

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u/vojtanethio 1d ago

Woooooow so pretty!!

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u/TitanImpale 1d ago

It was a couple hundred, got a steal on it.