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 Topic: Opaque black Quartz, Locality info/matrix info? |
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| briggzi31 Replies: 21 Views: 22283 |
 Forum: FOR BEGINNERS: What is it? Where is it from? Posted: Jul 16, 2020 13:49 Subject: Re: Opaque black Quartz, Locality info/matrix info? |
| Thank you all for your hard work!! It means so much to me.
@Volkmar, the second quartz makes more sense that spessartine, I just assumed because the color matches spessartines, and it was transpar ... |
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| Topic: Opaque black Quartz, Locality info/matrix info? |
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| briggzi31 Replies: 21 Views: 22283 |
Forum: FOR BEGINNERS: What is it? Where is it from? Posted: Jul 14, 2020 18:33 Subject: Re: Opaque black Quartz, Locality info/matrix info? |
| Update: I got some HCl from the hardware store and performed an acid test on the matrix as well as the quartz crystals themselves. There was absolutely no effervescence, even when viewed with a 10x je ... | |
| Topic: Opaque black Quartz, Locality info/matrix info? |
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| briggzi31 Replies: 21 Views: 22283 |
Forum: FOR BEGINNERS: What is it? Where is it from? Posted: Jul 14, 2020 01:03 Subject: Re: Opaque black Quartz, Locality info/matrix info? |
| Wow, thank you for such a detailed thorough response, Steve! I have learned quite a lot just from the first few hours on this forum. I posted on this forum as a first step, and I am glad that I did, b ... | |
| Topic: Opaque black Quartz, Locality info/matrix info? |
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| briggzi31 Replies: 21 Views: 22283 |
Forum: FOR BEGINNERS: What is it? Where is it from? Posted: Jul 13, 2020 21:48 Subject: Re: Opaque black Quartz, Locality info/matrix info? |
| Thank you all for responding, and for your help!
@Bob The fact that it could be irradiated never crossed my mind, and I would be remiss to find out that it truly is. @Steve I will have to acqui ... |
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| Topic: Opaque black Quartz, Locality info/matrix info? |
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| briggzi31 Replies: 21 Views: 22283 |
Forum: FOR BEGINNERS: What is it? Where is it from? Posted: Jul 13, 2020 17:26 Subject: Opaque black Quartz, Locality info/matrix info? |
| Hey guys, this is my first post so don't beat me up too badly! I've been collecting since the first grade and now am currently an undergrad at U of W, but just recently have been going through my coll ... | |
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