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  Topic: Looking for help identifying rock samples
ALshawani

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PostForum: FOR BEGINNERS: What is it? Where is it from?   Posted: Jan 17, 2024 11:17   Subject: Re: Looking for help identifying rock samples
I did not see the source of this sample, but its owner assured me that it came out of the ground and was in a sandy area, perhaps hidden by sand. According to my friend’s description, it resulted from ...
  Topic: Looking for help identifying rock samples
ALshawani

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Views: 3677

PostForum: FOR BEGINNERS: What is it? Where is it from?   Posted: Jan 17, 2024 09:19   Subject: Re: Looking for help identifying rock samples
قطعة أخرة من نفس العينة
  Topic: Looking for help identifying rock samples
ALshawani

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PostForum: FOR BEGINNERS: What is it? Where is it from?   Posted: Jan 17, 2024 09:17   Subject: Looking for help identifying rock samples
Samples of rock pieces, and according to my personal definition, they contain magma, but I want to confirm their location in western Libya, close to the Tunisian border.
  Topic: I want to know the sample
ALshawani

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PostForum: What is it? - Where is it from?   Posted: Dec 10, 2023 11:24   Subject: Re: I want to know the sample
Stone weight = 3.53
Weight of stone in water = 1.38

Density = 2.55
  Topic: I want to know the sample
ALshawani

Replies: 21
Views: 15833

PostForum: What is it? - Where is it from?   Posted: Dec 10, 2023 10:41   Subject: Re: I want to know the sample
Quartz replacement of fossils? Test for density, please

Yes, I will measure the density
  Topic: I want to know the sample
ALshawani

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Views: 15833

PostForum: What is it? - Where is it from?   Posted: Dec 08, 2023 16:46   Subject: Re: I want to know the sample
Perhaps this is Libyan Desert glass. But I don't think such is as hard as agate.

It is not Libyan desert glass. I know desert glass well and it is found in sandy areas and on the surface of the ear ...
  Topic: I want to know the sample
ALshawani

Replies: 21
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PostForum: What is it? - Where is it from?   Posted: Dec 08, 2023 16:25   Subject: Re: I want to know the sample
Beryl?

Habit, lustre, colour could fit.
But, with no further tests, just a guess...
Such as what tests are required
  Topic: I want to know the sample
ALshawani

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PostForum: What is it? - Where is it from?   Posted: Dec 08, 2023 16:23   Subject: Re: I want to know the sample
Such as what tests are required
  Topic: I want to know the sample
ALshawani

Replies: 21
Views: 15833

PostForum: What is it? - Where is it from?   Posted: Dec 07, 2023 15:24   Subject: Re: I want to know the sample
Welcome
Thank you for replying
In terms of hardness, I tried scratching the agate and it was easily scratched, which means that the hardness is above 7. In terms of location, it is North Africa, nor ...
  Topic: I want to know the sample
ALshawani

Replies: 21
Views: 15833

PostForum: What is it? - Where is it from?   Posted: Dec 05, 2023 15:16   Subject: I want to know the sample
Hello everyone, I want help identifying this stone, knowing that it scratches the agate
  Topic: Amethyst
ALshawani

Replies: 17
Views: 14483

PostForum: FOR BEGINNERS: What is it? Where is it from?   Posted: Feb 25, 2023 08:28   Subject: Re: Amethyst
Nice Amethyst specimen
  Topic: Red Quartz
ALshawani

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Views: 4755

PostForum: FOR BEGINNERS: What is it? Where is it from?   Posted: May 25, 2022 15:03   Subject: Re: Red Quartz
Excellent sample
  Topic: Is this a ruby?
ALshawani

Replies: 12
Views: 10464

PostForum: What is it? - Where is it from?   Posted: May 08, 2022 17:08   Subject: Re: Is this a ruby?
I do not think that sapphire, this stone is not transparent, and you have to measure its hardness and density to make sure of the type of stone
  Topic: Silvia's Collection
ALshawani

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PostForum: Women's Private Collections   Posted: Oct 12, 2021 05:41   Subject: Re: Silvia's Collection
Welcome Silvia, and thank you for sharing with us. We had fun!
  Topic: The Tobi Martin Mineral Collection - (38)
ALshawani

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PostForum: Featured Columns of FMF   Posted: Oct 12, 2021 05:32   Subject: Re: The Tobi Martin Mineral Collection - (38)
Very cool and very beautiful, I congratulate you for this wonderful effort... and thank you for sharing with us, we enjoyed it..
 
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