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 Topic: Collection Of Daniel |
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 Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: May 30, 2010 20:48 Subject: Re: Collection Of Daniel |
| Thanks for fixing it :) and I will be adding more to this post soon | |
| Topic: Collection Of Daniel |
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Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: May 30, 2010 15:20 Subject: Re: Collection Of Daniel |
| the sizes are as followed, jasper, the larger one is 7.8cmX4.6cmx2.7cm the smaller one 3.2smx2.4cm
Pumice 2.6cmx1.9cmx1.1cm Petrified Wood 6.8cmx4.8cmx3.2cm Rogue River Quartz 5.1cmx4.3x7.3cm ... |
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| Topic: Collection Of Daniel |
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Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: May 29, 2010 23:52 Subject: Collection Of Daniel |
| Most of mine are garage sale find and their origin is unknown a few are findings of my own I will mention which is which and where I found the ones I found. Note: the two obsidian photos are of the sa ... | |
| Topic: Collection of stone spheres from Ukraine |
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Forum: Collection photos and Collector's page Posted: May 29, 2010 11:02 Subject: Re: Collection of stone spheres from Ukraine |
| This is really great collection, I love your stones, the bloodstone, tigers eye, hematite, obsidian, and lapis are among my favorites, the coolest I would have to say is the bloodstone that is one my ... | |
| Topic: How can you tell where a specimen is from by looking at It? |
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Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: May 28, 2010 22:17 Subject: How can you tell where a specimen is from by looking at It? |
| I see tons of posts on here asking for locality of a specimen they own but how can you tell where it comes from by looking at? And how can I learn to do this? I would like to able to learn a skill lik ... | |
| Topic: Are These All Correct? |
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Forum: Incorrect classification and fakes Posted: May 28, 2010 19:54 Subject: Re: Are these all correct? |
| Thanks perhaps I dismantle it and test the and perhaps make my own chart I will search this site for techniques on making my own ID chart. | |
| Topic: Are These All Correct? |
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Forum: Incorrect classification and fakes Posted: May 28, 2010 18:34 Subject: Re: Are these all correct? |
| Thanks for the help you two I will get those out and start testing them on my own, I just thought at first appearance that some weren't right but I think like the Malachite that it is actually a stone ... | |
| Topic: Are These All Correct? |
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Forum: Incorrect classification and fakes Posted: May 27, 2010 22:27 Subject: Are These All Correct? |
| These cards I got at a garage sale and I don't know who mounted them but I can't help but think a few are wrong such as the amethyst, malachite, sulfur, and a few others I just wanted to know if any o ... | |
| Topic: Film on Quartz, What is this? |
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Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: May 27, 2010 20:06 Subject: Re: Film on Quartz, What is this? |
| you say "on the quartz" as on the outside? if so probably some iron type coating or staining
Yes it is on it not in it |
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| Topic: Mineral ice specimen |
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Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: May 27, 2010 14:03 Subject: Re: Mineral ice specimen |
| Would be a hard to store, even in a freezer because when you open and close a freezer moisture gets in and forms ice in the freezer, in case anyone didn't know what is why the inside of a freezer fros ... | |
| Topic: I Am Sorry Everyone |
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Forum: Off-Topic and Introductions Posted: May 27, 2010 13:42 Subject: Re: I Am Sorry Everyone |
| I purchased several books on identifying rocks and minerals with pictures and information on rocks and mineral. One of them has a bit of history in it as well but I would love to find a book with a lo ... | |
| Topic: Do meteorites belong in a collection? |
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Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: May 27, 2010 13:40 Subject: Re: Do meteorites belong in a collection? |
| Maybe this is an old topic but I wanted to add something to it. As for meteors, fossils, even artifacts I guess it really depends on the rarity. I know we are talking morals here, if someone has somet ... | |
| Topic: What are your favorite specimens? - (8) |
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Forum: Featured Columns of FMF Posted: May 27, 2010 13:24 Subject: Re: What are your favorite specimens? |
| Hi Jim, I haven't been on in a while but to answer your question about what kind of collection I would like to start, I really like gem stones cut and rough and crystals. I am also really getting into ... | |
| Topic: I Am Sorry Everyone |
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Forum: Off-Topic and Introductions Posted: May 27, 2010 13:09 Subject: I Am Sorry Everyone |
| I was on a "break" from here as many of you realized because I have been posting "grade school" questions on here and I admit my questions on comments were not up to standards for ... | |
| Topic: Film on Quartz, What is this? |
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Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: May 27, 2010 13:02 Subject: Film on Quartz, What is this? |
| I only have this on one of my crystal specimens, I believe it is quartz but all these crystals look the same to me any how here are the pics. Any idea what it is, I think it makes the crystal look ver ... | |
| Topic: Cinnabar |
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| Screenname Replies: 6 Views: 11392 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: May 27, 2010 12:41 Subject: Re: Cinnabar |
| thanks Rodger I appreciate that and will try to see if I can get that translated. | |
| Topic: How to do better close up photographs of minerals? |
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Forum: Micros & Macros - Images of Minerals Posted: May 27, 2010 12:06 Subject: Re: How to do better close up photographs of minerals? |
| I mentioned before my digital camera which doesn't make anything as good as these so I tried something. I placed a 10X jewelers loop in front of my camera lens, it's a small camera so the loop lens f ... | |
| Topic: Cinnabar |
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| Screenname Replies: 6 Views: 11392 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: May 27, 2010 11:55 Subject: Re: Cinnabar |
| I guess those Romans were a bit confused then as to what they were truly putting on their faces, thank you for clearing that up | |
| Topic: Pyrite or something else? |
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Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: May 27, 2010 11:52 Subject: Re: Pyrite or something else? |
| I can see your question has pretty much already been answered but I would like a little something to the topic. Pyrite is found in 4 different appearances, Striated, cubic, octahedral, and pyritohedra ... | |
| Topic: Cinnabar |
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Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: May 27, 2010 11:25 Subject: Re: Cinnabar |
| Cinnabar is also the source of the pigment vermillion used in paints but because of the mercury content of cinnabar vermillion has long since been replaced by the pigment. cadmium red which contains c ... | |
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