Blue Crystals Found in Coal Help Id ??
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I was at an estate sale, they had an old coal furnace, that was taken away, but there was a little bit of coal in a bucket w/shovel, and these BLUE CRYSTAL ROCKS that the owner said were in the coal one time, when they got coal delivered one year.
this is the largest piece, I have about 8 other pieces out on the side of the house, now they're covered with snow
anyone know what it is ?
this is the largest piece, I have about 8 other pieces out on the side of the house, now they're covered with snow
anyone know what it is ?
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industrial glass slag, quartz..............??
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It looks from here that they are pieces of "peacock coal" ,namely because the colors can be like those of a peacock.It is caused by the volatiles escaping from the coal.It might eventually fade out.Some seal the coal with polyurethane to try to maintain the color.
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Uh, if it doesn't happen to be crystal meth, maybe it's some of the "blue coal" dyed (for marketing purposes) by Glen Alden at the Huber breaker?
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Does a copper mineral content have a blue/bluish tint??? Can't find my Boy Scout Handbook right off ?????????
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If Walter White made that, I'm rich- it's blue meth !!!coalkirk wrote:Diamonds or crystal meth from Breaking Bad
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Looking at the pic close, it just looks like a lump of coal painted blue. Probably that blue-dot stuff someone started a thread about many years ago ...
Here's one of the threads ... Blue Paint on Anthracite Coal? Paper Discs in Anthracite Coal?
Here's one of the threads ... Blue Paint on Anthracite Coal? Paper Discs in Anthracite Coal?
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I have similar pieces that I dig in my garden or the creek nearby. When I took it to a mineralogist friend at Penn State he said it was a form of iron, or could be blue coal or alien feces
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Copper sulfate? heat a small piece with a torch if it turns off white its probably copper sulfate.
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Run coalcracker, run!!! Kryptonite
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Thanks Freddy, you made me spew my coffee on the screen. It's dangerous to laugh hysterically when sipping one's coffee.Freddy wrote:My guess..... 17 BTU'scoalcracker wrote:anyone know what it is ?