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 Topic: How does this occur? |
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| novicetumbler Replies: 3 Views: 8355 |
 Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Mar 30, 2010 20:36 Subject: Re: How does this occur? |
| Thank you, my curiosity is satisfied! | |
| Topic: How does this occur? |
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| novicetumbler Replies: 3 Views: 8355 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Mar 30, 2010 19:49 Subject: How does this occur? |
| I look at this and I can only assume that during formation some impurity like sand or something got into it and got extruded during cooling, forming these fibrous 'strands.'
I can tell you all day ... |
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| Topic: Odd inclusions in an unidentified mineral |
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| novicetumbler Replies: 5 Views: 12227 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Mar 27, 2010 22:03 Subject: Re: Odd inclusions in an unidentified mineral |
| cool, i would guess maybe feldspar or calcite; more probably feldspar. but who knows....
john Thank you, I had calcite as my primary guess after taking an exacto knife tip to it and it scratche ... |
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| Topic: Odd inclusions in an unidentified mineral |
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| novicetumbler Replies: 5 Views: 12227 |
Forum: Minerals and Mineralogy Posted: Mar 27, 2010 16:41 Subject: Odd inclusions in an unidentified mineral |
| I just finished running this one stone I found through two tumblers and as I was cleaning it for pre-polish I noticed these extremely odd inclusions. Some are perfectly square, some are perfectly rect ... | |
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