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 Topic: Please help identify this mineral/crystal. |
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| rhichens Replies: 21 Views: 24000 |
 Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Aug 29, 2016 18:26 Subject: Re: Please help identify this mineral/crystal. |
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| Topic: Please help identify this mineral/crystal. |
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| rhichens Replies: 21 Views: 24000 |
Forum: 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 ... |
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| Topic: Please help identify this mineral/crystal. |
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| rhichens Replies: 21 Views: 24000 |
Forum: 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. |
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| rhichens Replies: 21 Views: 24000 |
Forum: 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. |
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| rhichens Replies: 21 Views: 24000 |
Forum: 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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