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 Topic: Is this beryl? |
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| MountOlymp Replies: 14 Views: 9176 |
 Forum: FOR BEGINNERS: What is it? Where is it from? Posted: Mar 18, 2022 11:45 Subject: Re: Is this beryl? |
| I'm sorry that you can't see the crystal habit structure of red crystals. And the obvious twinning or rpitax of the second red. | |
| Topic: Is this beryl? |
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| MountOlymp Replies: 14 Views: 9176 |
Forum: FOR BEGINNERS: What is it? Where is it from? Posted: Mar 18, 2022 08:46 Subject: Re: Is this beryl? |
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| Topic: Is this beryl? |
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| MountOlymp Replies: 14 Views: 9176 |
Forum: FOR BEGINNERS: What is it? Where is it from? Posted: Mar 18, 2022 08:45 Subject: Re: Is this beryl? |
| Perhaps I am geograhically myopic, but where is Bilula? Where is Rodope? I'm American and live in Macedonia. This was collected during a trip. I have found a second larger 3 cm looks twinned. | |
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| MountOlymp Replies: 14 Views: 9176 |
Forum: FOR BEGINNERS: What is it? Where is it from? Posted: Mar 18, 2022 08:35 Subject: Re: Is this beryl? |
| Perhaps I am geograhically myopic, but where is Bilula? Where is Rodope?I think it is Bitola in North Macedonia and the Rhodope Mountains .... Yes correct on both accounts. | |
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| MountOlymp Replies: 14 Views: 9176 |
Forum: FOR BEGINNERS: What is it? Where is it from? Posted: Mar 18, 2022 08:34 Subject: Re: Is this beryl? |
| The quartz piece I used to scratch is glass clear and has exactly 6.5 sg. It is scratched by the red and pink stone. | |
| Topic: Is this beryl? |
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| MountOlymp Replies: 14 Views: 9176 |
Forum: FOR BEGINNERS: What is it? Where is it from? Posted: Mar 18, 2022 08:31 Subject: Re: Is this beryl? |
| I tried scratching it with quartz but nothing happens. I find the crystal is coherent with other beryl online photos and most quartz is massive not in crystal shape. The massive quartz rock is scratch ... | |
| Topic: Is this beryl? |
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| MountOlymp Replies: 14 Views: 9176 |
Forum: FOR BEGINNERS: What is it? Where is it from? Posted: Mar 18, 2022 03:47 Subject: Is this beryl? |
| I found this on a mountain in Rodope while walking a path. It's a pink and a red almost scarlet color with some black spots that look sort of like flattened metal from a first guess. Specific gravity ... | |
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