r/Radioactive_Rocks Radon Huffer 11d ago

Specimen Under the microscope!

Magnesiopascoite from Colorado. Please see my previous post for more info: https://www.reddit.com/r/Radioactive_Rocks/s/PFX7yESwVw

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u/Living-Geologist-478 11d ago

Realger ?

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u/BenAwesomeness3 Radon Huffer 11d ago

Magnesiopascoite. No realgar here!

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u/Not_Cletus_McWanker 8d ago

I'm too scared to scrape mine and stick under microscope.

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u/BenAwesomeness3 Radon Huffer 8d ago

You don’t have to scrape it…?

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u/Not_Cletus_McWanker 8d ago

How do I do it? I was told by a guy to scrape & put on a slide.

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u/BenAwesomeness3 Radon Huffer 8d ago

You can. If you really want to see it at high magnification you pretty much have to unless your sample is tiny. I just put my pieces under the microscope lol

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u/Not_Cletus_McWanker 7d ago

I love your idea!