<p>It is massive white quartz also referred to as milky quartz, the streaks are  trace impurities and can occasionally include valuable metals like gold but just as often included fools gold (pyrite). </p>

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2017-12-10T16:01:42.127Z
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<p>![enter image description here]Arizona desert wash
A very heavy rocking have a few and when busted open beautiful veins of dark silver sometimes yellow gold.light pink and teal looking(<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/HRJgq.jpg)white" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://i.sstatic.net/HRJgq.jpg)white</a> semi round .very heavy<img src="https://i.sstatic.net/5BLcL.jpg" alt="enter image description here"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/bZM8d.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></p>

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It looks like quartz
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What type of minerals exist in this rock?
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# What type of minerals exist in this rock?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-12-10)

![enter image description here]Arizona desert wash
A very heavy rocking have a few and when busted open beautiful veins of dark silver sometimes yellow gold.light pink and teal looking(<https://i.sstatic.net/HRJgq.jpg)white> semi round .very heavy![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/5BLcL.jpg)![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/bZM8d.jpg)

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> **username_1**: It looks like quartz  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2017-12-10. Score: 2

It is massive white quartz also referred to as milky quartz, the streaks are trace impurities and can occasionally include valuable metals like gold but just as often included fools gold (pyrite).

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