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 Topic: What mineral is this????? |
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| Rugie Replies: 9 Views: 8964 |
 Forum: FOR BEGINNERS: What is it? Where is it from? Posted: Dec 14, 2020 10:21 Subject: Re: What mineral is this????? |
| As for a red fire fighting (retardant) coating, I see no Phosphorus or Boron in the elemental analysis, so that is unlikely. Is the red coating removable with water? That test would be instructive a ... | |
| Topic: Ilmenite, magnetite or something else??? |
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| Rugie Replies: 6 Views: 6834 |
Forum: FOR BEGINNERS: What is it? Where is it from? Posted: Dec 09, 2020 14:18 Subject: Re: Ilmenite, magnetite or something else??? |
| Have you rejected the possibility that this is of extraterrestrial origin? The rounding of edges suggests to me that this might be a stony aerolite which fell eons ago then was revealed as alluvium f ... | |
| Topic: Rose Quartz, Morganite or other? |
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| Rugie Replies: 9 Views: 9123 |
Forum: FOR BEGINNERS: What is it? Where is it from? Posted: May 21, 2020 10:03 Subject: Re: Rose Quartz, Morganite or other? |
| Why don't you try fusibility? Beryl (morganite) is difficultly fusible while Quartz is infusible. | |
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