💎Hey everyone! It's mineral Monday 🌟 · Modern Prospector Academy

💎Hey everyone! It's mineral Monday 🌟

A friend just gave me this cool rock from the Yukon to cut and polish. I was totally wowed when I saw it — look at those beautiful dark streaks mixed with the bright yellowish-green!

At first, I thought the host rock was some kind of basalt, the host rock.

But after checking it out, it seems more like serpentinite (a rock made mostly of serpentine minerals). It has that classic waxy look and those pretty green bands that come from natural alteration processes deep in the earth.🌎

Yukon has some amazing geology, including old volcanic and metamorphic rocks like this. Has anyone here worked with serpentinite or greenstone before? What do you think it is?

I’ll share some before-and-after pics once I cut and polish it.🏞

Can’t wait to see how the colours pop!✅️

Serpentinite rock can naturally contain, or be the host rock for, fibrous minerals, specifically chrysotile asbestos, which is a significant health hazard when airborne.❎️

So be sure to wear your proper protection when cutting. ✅️

What’s the coolest rock you’ve ever cut or found? Drop your photos or stories below! 👇

#RockHounding #Lap lapidary #YukonRocks #BeginnerRockID

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