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  Topic: Please help identify this mineral/crystal.
rhichens

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PostForum: Minerals and Mineralogy   Posted: Aug 29, 2016 18:26   Subject: Re: Please help identify this mineral/crystal.
Thanks all.
  Topic: Please help identify this mineral/crystal.
rhichens

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PostForum: Minerals and Mineralogy   Posted: Aug 29, 2016 15:32   Subject: Re: Please help identify this mineral/crystal.
Some have suggested garnet while others think it is sphalerite. This serves to illustrate how difficult it is to identify a specimen with only a picture and no tests.

A simple test that you can do ...
  Topic: Please help identify this mineral/crystal.
rhichens

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PostForum: Minerals and Mineralogy   Posted: Aug 29, 2016 15:23   Subject: Re: Please help identify this mineral/crystal.
The dark mass of crystal near the top of the specimen in the photo is indeed metallic and shiny just like specimens of galena that I have.
  Topic: Please help identify this mineral/crystal.
rhichens

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PostForum: Minerals and Mineralogy   Posted: Aug 29, 2016 15:05   Subject: Re: Please help identify this mineral/crystal.
Thank you all for your comments! I'm not sure at all of the origin of this specimen. I live in Cornwall and acquired it from someone in Cornwall (now deceased so I can't ask about origins) but that's ...
  Topic: Please help identify this mineral/crystal.
rhichens

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PostForum: Minerals and Mineralogy   Posted: Aug 29, 2016 13:03   Subject: Please help identify this mineral/crystal.
Any help with identifying this mineral would be much appreciated. The whole specimen has a lovely sparkle that unfortunately doesn't show up in the photos. The surface in many places has a silver, alm ...
 
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