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 Topic: Unknown garnet |
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| Matt_Zukowski Replies: 7 Views: 648 |
 Forum: What is it? - Where is it from? Posted: Jun 26, 2022 20:00 Subject: Re: Unknown garnet |
| Can you tell us what the two minerals are that make up the matrix? Are you sure it comes from PAK? | |
| Topic: Quartz-diamond ..... Idk ? |
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| Matt_Zukowski Replies: 4 Views: 466 |
Forum: FOR BEGINNERS: What is it? Where is it from? Posted: Jun 14, 2022 01:35 Subject: Re: Quartz-diamond ..... Idk ? |
| It sure looks like a chunk of quartz, but one cannot tell just by looking at a picture that doesn't show good crystal faces and the relations between them.
The odds that you found a diamond in your ... |
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| Topic: Need help identifying this rock |
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| Matt_Zukowski Replies: 10 Views: 890 |
Forum: FOR BEGINNERS: What is it? Where is it from? Posted: May 18, 2022 17:29 Subject: Re: Need help identifying this rock |
| I agree that this is likely to be artificial. The only way i thought it could be natural is for it to be some sort of vesicular volcanic with the beads being quartz or something filling the vesicles. ... | |
| Topic: What is the correct name for this rock? |
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| Matt_Zukowski Replies: 6 Views: 860 |
Forum: What is it? - Where is it from? Posted: Mar 29, 2022 01:56 Subject: Re: What is the correct name for this rock? |
| I agree with Alfredo - it looks like a layered volcanic with obsidian and pumice. | |
| Topic: Fluorite on Galena - Locality?? |
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| Matt_Zukowski Replies: 10 Views: 1287 |
Forum: What is it? - Where is it from? Posted: Mar 27, 2022 21:31 Subject: Re: Fluorite on Galena - Locality?? |
| My initial reaction is Naica, but the pic looks a little too blurry to me to really see the habit of either the fluorite or galena. You may get a better response if you provide some closeups of both ... | |
| Topic: is this pyrite? |
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| Matt_Zukowski Replies: 13 Views: 2011 |
Forum: What is it? - Where is it from? Posted: Mar 13, 2022 18:13 Subject: Re: is this pyrite? |
| Michael Shaw pulled out an amazingly similar photo to your piece suggesting that it may well be titanium (good catch Michael!). If i *had* to guess, i would say that that is what it is. But it is st ... | |
| Topic: Quartz Crystals Quality |
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| Matt_Zukowski Replies: 9 Views: 1754 |
Forum: Off-Topic and Introductions Posted: Feb 12, 2022 17:18 Subject: Re: Quartz Crystals Quality |
| Am I the only one frustrated by this thread? Some guy shows us a box of broken up quartz rock, lists a bunch of characteristics that are mostly, seemingly just generic for quartz, and asks us if this ... | |
| Topic: Idk what it is |
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| Matt_Zukowski Replies: 6 Views: 1113 |
Forum: What is it? - Where is it from? Posted: Feb 01, 2022 15:52 Subject: Re: Idk what it is |
| You should look at your pictures before you post them. They are impossibly blurry.
That said - it is probably pyrite. To learn more about pyrite, go to the mindat page on pyrite: https://www.min ... |
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| Topic: Hawaiian Minerals |
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| Matt_Zukowski Replies: 7 Views: 1786 |
Forum: FOR BEGINNERS: What is it? Where is it from? Posted: Dec 10, 2021 10:41 Subject: Re: Hawaiian Minerals |
| A good website that you may not know about is Mindat. You can look up any mineral and learn all about it, find all the minerals reported in a particular locality like a single mine or a state, and ma ... | |
| Topic: Is honey calcite real? |
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| Matt_Zukowski Replies: 2 Views: 962 |
Forum: Off-Topic and Introductions Posted: Dec 06, 2021 15:07 Subject: Re: Is honey calcite real? |
| I have never heard the term "honey calcite" before, but there is plenty of honey-colored calcite around. If you are concerned, do an acid test to see if it is calcite. | |
| Topic: Please help identify the composition of this granite |
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| Matt_Zukowski Replies: 8 Views: 2745 |
Forum: FOR BEGINNERS: What is it? Where is it from? Posted: Oct 25, 2021 23:04 Subject: Re: Please help identify the composition of this granite |
| The mottled grey mineral in 20211025_215604.jpg and 20211025_215836.jpg is quartz.
The golden platy mineral in 20211025_215743.jpg and 20211025_215815.jpg is muscovite. The black platy-looking m ... |
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| Topic: Some beautiful obsidian like rocks |
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| Matt_Zukowski Replies: 6 Views: 2133 |
Forum: FOR BEGINNERS: What is it? Where is it from? Posted: Oct 20, 2021 08:48 Subject: Re: Some beautiful obsidian like rocks |
| These are probably glass slag. | |
| Topic: Article on Naica and Gypsum |
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| Matt_Zukowski Replies: 4 Views: 2091 |
Forum: Mineralogical Literature Posted: Oct 14, 2021 03:18 Subject: Article on Naica and Gypsum |
| I just read this article and thought it would be of general interest to this group. I especially like the picture from Pulpí, Spain.
https://cen.acs.org/physical-chemistry/geochemistry/Naicas-crysta ... |
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| Topic: Location in Romania |
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| Matt_Zukowski Replies: 5 Views: 2242 |
Forum: What is it? - Where is it from? Posted: Sep 30, 2021 16:28 Subject: Re: Location in Romania |
| What else in on the piece. Is the orange stuff orpiment? There is some off-white/maybe yellowish material, is this quartz? | |
| Topic: Will Barite save the world? |
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| Matt_Zukowski Replies: 15 Views: 3977 |
Forum: Off-Topic and Introductions Posted: Sep 24, 2021 08:53 Subject: Re: Will Barite save the world? |
| Like Lluis and Alfredo, my first impression was that this sounds like snake oil. But the authors are at good universities (MIT and Purdue) and the paper was published in a good peer-reviewed journal. ... | |
| Topic: Sold as “Green stilbite” |
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| Matt_Zukowski Replies: 11 Views: 3540 |
Forum: FOR BEGINNERS: What is it? Where is it from? Posted: Sep 15, 2021 22:29 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: Fulgurite |
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| Matt_Zukowski Replies: 8 Views: 2613 |
Forum: FOR BEGINNERS: What is it? Where is it from? Posted: Sep 15, 2021 09:59 Subject: Re: Fulgurite |
| I doubt we will be able to help you further. I recommend you go to a Univ or museum and talk to someone in person with the rock in hand. | |
| Topic: Pyrite From Gavorrano? |
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| Matt_Zukowski Replies: 14 Views: 3795 |
Forum: What is it? - Where is it from? Posted: Aug 24, 2021 21:26 Subject: Re: Pyrite From Gavorrano? |
| If the dealer is still active, why not contact them and ask why they think it is Tuscan? | |
| Topic: Fluorite from where? |
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| Matt_Zukowski Replies: 10 Views: 3229 |
Forum: FOR BEGINNERS: What is it? Where is it from? Posted: Aug 18, 2021 13:55 Subject: Re: Fluorite from where? |
| Could be from many localities. Can you constrain the locality? Is it likely from Europe, or could it be from anywhere in the world? | |
| Topic: Other Minerals with this Hematite Crystal |
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| Matt_Zukowski Replies: 6 Views: 2191 |
Forum: FOR BEGINNERS: What is it? Where is it from? Posted: Aug 13, 2021 10:50 Subject: Re: Other Minerals with this Hematite Crystal |
| If you know the locality, you can go to the mindat page for that locality, and look through pictures of specimens with their identified minerals from that locality. | |
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