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    Jun 6, 2010, 12:41 AM
    I cannot identify this rock or mineral
    This is a rock I found in the desert in Arizona it looks to have some quartz around it but the material I'm interested is silver and is paper thin and can be peeled off one layer at a time.

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    Jun 6, 2010, 02:04 AM

    Mica is the mineral that you want, not exactly silver, though.

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