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 Topic: Sold as “Green stilbite” |
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| Charly H Replies: 11 Views: 10504 |
 Forum: FOR BEGINNERS: What is it? Where is it from? Posted: Sep 17, 2021 06:28 Subject: Re: Sold as “Green stilbite” |
| That definitely helps. Sorry I am a moron. I think I meant chlorite schist but that’s probably the wrong terminology too. I have no idea what I’m looking at at all now. I guess I just have a green roc ... | |
| Topic: Sold as “Green stilbite” |
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| Charly H Replies: 11 Views: 10504 |
Forum: FOR BEGINNERS: What is it? Where is it from? Posted: Sep 16, 2021 10:54 Subject: Re: Sold as “Green stilbite” |
| I'd like to reiterate, this piece is very unlike any material I've seen from Iceland.
Most of my collecting has been in the Hvalfjörður area, around Eyrarfjall in fact. Here is the link to some of ... |
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| Topic: Sold as “Green stilbite” |
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| Charly H Replies: 11 Views: 10504 |
Forum: FOR BEGINNERS: What is it? Where is it from? Posted: Sep 16, 2021 10:12 Subject: Re: Sold as “Green stilbite” |
| But it is not that. The location is Iceland but I’m not sure which region. Approximately 4” by 3.5” vitreous luster that’s hard to see in static photos. I recognize some greenschist, garnet and serpen ... | |
| Topic: Sold as “Green stilbite” |
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| Charly H Replies: 11 Views: 10504 |
Forum: FOR BEGINNERS: What is it? Where is it from? Posted: Sep 16, 2021 05:57 Subject: Re: Sold as “Green stilbite” |
| It looks like an Heulandite with Celadonite inclusions from Eyrarfjall Mountain, Hvalfjörður.
Thank you! I thought it looked like heulandite/celadonite that yielded the closest images by search, st ... |
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| Topic: Sold as “Green stilbite” |
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| Charly H Replies: 11 Views: 10504 |
Forum: FOR BEGINNERS: What is it? Where is it from? Posted: Sep 16, 2021 05:55 Subject: Re: Sold as “Green stilbite” |
| Sometimes stilbite can present with chlorite inclusions, but your piece doesn't look like any of this material that i have seen. That said, all i have is to go on is one picture, so perhaps my impres ... | |
| Topic: Sold as “Green stilbite” |
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| Charly H Replies: 11 Views: 10504 |
Forum: FOR BEGINNERS: What is it? Where is it from? Posted: Sep 15, 2021 20:14 Subject: Sold as “Green stilbite” |
| But it is not that. The location is Iceland but I’m not sure which region. Approximately 4” by 3.5” vitreous luster that’s hard to see in static photos. I recognize some greenschist, garnet and serpen ... | |
| Topic: Green, purple, white and orthoclase conglomerate? |
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| Charly H Replies: 3 Views: 3862 |
Forum: FOR BEGINNERS: What is it? Where is it from? Posted: Apr 19, 2021 11:09 Subject: Re: Green, purple, white and orthoclase conglomerate? |
| Thanks everyone!! Oops I forgot to add the hardness varies throughout but mostly about 4-5. I compared the specimen with some of my hematoidal quartz and I can see some similarities and some differenc ... | |
| Topic: Green, purple, white and orthoclase conglomerate? |
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| Charly H Replies: 3 Views: 3862 |
Forum: FOR BEGINNERS: What is it? Where is it from? Posted: Apr 19, 2021 08:09 Subject: Green, purple, white and orthoclase conglomerate? |
| I know there is a lot going on here!! I do not have a location for this specimen, I came across this one at auction but I have no idea what it is. I believe there is some quartz, feldspar/granite cong ... | |
| Topic: Rescuing massive 13 lb tremolite/actinolite |
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| Charly H Replies: 10 Views: 24434 |
Forum: Conserving, Preparing and Cleaning Minerals Posted: Apr 16, 2021 11:23 Subject: Re: Rescuing massive 13 lb tremolite/actinolite |
| I got a hydraulic press and a chisel! What could go wrong?! | |
| Topic: Rescuing massive 13 lb tremolite/actinolite |
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| Charly H Replies: 10 Views: 24434 |
Forum: Conserving, Preparing and Cleaning Minerals Posted: Apr 15, 2021 06:14 Subject: Re: Rescuing massive 13 lb tremolite/actinolite |
| I figured as much but it was worth asking, thanks for the advice! I am now tempted to crack the sucker open, what is the best way to do that? Dead blow hammer and a chisel? Would I have to worry about ... | |
| Topic: Rescuing massive 13 lb tremolite/actinolite |
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| Charly H Replies: 10 Views: 24434 |
Forum: Conserving, Preparing and Cleaning Minerals Posted: Apr 13, 2021 10:31 Subject: Re: Rescuing massive 13 lb tremolite/actinolite |
| Thank you for your help, I will give it a go. I tried scrubbing but it just started to damage the specimen because the outer weather rind is very soft and brittle. I’m a little concerned about toxicit ... | |
| Topic: Rescuing massive 13 lb tremolite/actinolite |
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| Charly H Replies: 10 Views: 24434 |
Forum: Conserving, Preparing and Cleaning Minerals Posted: Apr 12, 2021 12:52 Subject: Rescuing massive 13 lb tremolite/actinolite |
| Hi I am pretty new to all this, came upon this enormous piece of what I think is tremolite/actinolite (but open to other suggestions) at an auction, I do not have a location for it. Is there any way t ... | |
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