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 Topic: Looking for help identifying rock samples |
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| ALshawani Replies: 3 Views: 933 |
 Forum: 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 |
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| ALshawani Replies: 3 Views: 933 |
Forum: 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 |
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| ALshawani Replies: 3 Views: 933 |
Forum: 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 |
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| ALshawani Replies: 21 Views: 6714 |
Forum: 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 |
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| Topic: I want to know the sample |
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| ALshawani Replies: 21 Views: 6714 |
Forum: 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 |
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| Topic: I want to know the sample |
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| ALshawani Replies: 21 Views: 6714 |
Forum: 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 ... |
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| Topic: I want to know the sample |
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| ALshawani Replies: 21 Views: 6714 |
Forum: 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 |
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| Topic: I want to know the sample |
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| ALshawani Replies: 21 Views: 6714 |
Forum: 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 |
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| ALshawani Replies: 21 Views: 6714 |
Forum: 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 ... |
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| Topic: I want to know the sample |
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| ALshawani Replies: 21 Views: 6714 |
Forum: 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 |
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| ALshawani Replies: 17 Views: 8733 |
Forum: FOR BEGINNERS: What is it? Where is it from? Posted: Feb 25, 2023 08:28 Subject: Re: Amethyst |
| Nice Amethyst specimen | |
| Topic: Red Quartz |
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| ALshawani Replies: 4 Views: 3242 |
Forum: 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? |
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| ALshawani Replies: 12 Views: 5436 |
Forum: 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 |
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| ALshawani Replies: 220 Views: 156818 |
Forum: 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) |
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| ALshawani Replies: 20 Views: 27542 |
Forum: 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.. | |
| Topic: Help identifying |
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| ALshawani Replies: 4 Views: 3567 |
Forum: What is it? - Where is it from? Posted: Jul 03, 2021 05:07 Subject: Re: Help identifying |
| Impossible to tell from this picture | |
| Topic: what stones are these? |
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| ALshawani Replies: 15 Views: 8209 |
Forum: FOR BEGINNERS: What is it? Where is it from? Posted: Mar 23, 2021 08:15 Subject: Re: what stones are these? |
| I see it as unfinished opal | |
| Topic: I want to know this stone |
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| ALshawani Replies: 11 Views: 6743 |
Forum: What is it? - Where is it from? Posted: Feb 28, 2021 15:50 Subject: Re: I want to know this stone |
| What tools are available at home that can measure the hardness of any stone? What is the degree of hardness of each tool? | |
| Topic: I want to know this stone |
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| ALshawani Replies: 11 Views: 6743 |
Forum: What is it? - Where is it from? Posted: Feb 24, 2021 06:27 Subject: Re: I want to know this stone |
| The stone is translucent to translucent. Perhaps some external impurities are affecting the transparency | |
| Topic: I want to know this stone |
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| ALshawani Replies: 11 Views: 6743 |
Forum: What is it? - Where is it from? Posted: Feb 24, 2021 06:18 Subject: Re: I want to know this stone |
| Yes it scratches the glass | |
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