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	Asking: "What is this? / Where is it from?"	5	James Catmur	86307	Aug 04, 2015 03:31 Jordi Fabre
	"Geode" Mineral Identification [ Goto page: 1, 2 ]	15	Godscreation1988	2892	Mar 04, 2025 15:16 Peter Megaw
	Mineral Identification Question [ Goto page: 1, 2 ]	23	Godscreation1988	3774	Mar 01, 2025 20:53 Godscreation1988
	Orthoclase and phenakite Namibia	3	Howard Heitner	1206	Feb 27, 2025 15:55 Howard Heitner
	Fake titanium quartz crystal ponder	5	DarkanWarior	1349	Feb 26, 2025 07:35 James Catmur
	Calcite crystal habit	3	Jaime_Cerdeira	988	Feb 24, 2025 09:47 Bob Morgan
	Limonite after pyrite Pretoria Mine, Argent, South Africa?	1	Howard Heitner	800	Feb 23, 2025 11:34 James Catmur
	Calcite pseudomorph after aragonite from Sicily	2	Howard Heitner	943	Feb 20, 2025 04:54 James Catmur
	Crystal habit identification	6	Jaime_Cerdeira	1797	Feb 11, 2025 04:03 James Catmur
	Unknown banded mineral from shores of lake Buttermere, Cumbria. UK	5	Forrestblyth	1586	Feb 07, 2025 11:24 Roy Starkey
	If anybody knows this gemstone, please tell me	5	georgejone414	1198	Feb 05, 2025 12:10 georgejone414
	Unknown from Tsumeb	11	Howard Heitner	2190	Feb 02, 2025 12:42 Matt_Zukowski
	Adularia from Switzerland	5	Howard Heitner	1404	Jan 29, 2025 05:56 James Catmur
	My question regarding natural almandine garnet	1	georgejone414	951	Jan 24, 2025 21:45 Bob Carnein
	Labeled on back as "England" but not sure locality or even if England at all [ Goto page: 1, 2 ]	15	Juan Roberto Rivera	3472	Jan 15, 2025 04:50 CaF2_4_me
	Axinite locality in France?	3	Howard Heitner	1487	Jan 08, 2025 11:49 Howard Heitner
	Carbonado [ Goto page: 1, 2 ]	23	Kharv	4539	Jan 07, 2025 12:40 Kharv
	Locality clarification or where is it from?	8	Juan Roberto Rivera	2761	Jan 02, 2025 05:20 Juan Roberto Rivera
	Possible ?	10	Hobbyprospect	2476	Dec 21, 2024 05:55 Jordi Fabre
	Tektite ?	5	Hobbyprospect	1615	Dec 17, 2024 10:12 Riccardo Modanesi
	What is it???	4	Ruben	1493	Nov 18, 2024 15:12 alfredo
	Sphalerite from Kulmberg Austria	1	Howard Heitner	1426	Oct 27, 2024 16:38 Jordi Fabre
	Galena from Hiendelaencina	8	James Catmur	3162	Oct 07, 2024 06:49 James Catmur
	Verdelite & Quartz ?	6	Mathias	2661	Sep 24, 2024 15:50 Bob Morgan
	what is this? A purple tourmaline grown out from the base of a skeletal quartz?	8	RheinSte	3425	Aug 28, 2024 14:59 Roger Warin
	Question from a new user concerning a mineral from Kaiserstuhl/Germany	4	Tobi	2294	Aug 11, 2024 14:54 jvanko
	Mineral question from a new user	1	Tobi	1595	Aug 11, 2024 09:25 Bob Carnein
	What is it?	2	Von_von	1983	Jul 28, 2024 10:50 alfredo
	What is this rock	4	vdhinesh79	2334	Jul 21, 2024 02:22 vdhinesh79
	Possible hematite ore, need help to confirm	1	vdhinesh79	1754	Jul 18, 2024 01:13 James Catmur
	Hematite ore	3	vdhinesh79	1829	Jul 17, 2024 22:55 Matt_Zukowski
	Need help identifying strange rock	1	vdhinesh79	1159	Jul 15, 2024 02:47 James Catmur
	Help me identify if this is real natural Congo citrine ?	3	ndutz888	1753	Jul 09, 2024 01:25 Tobi
	is this a rhyolite matrix with calcite and smoky quartz?	2	gk68	2168	Jun 02, 2024 01:17 Volkmar Stingl
	Is this dolomite-pyrite-siderite?	6	gk68	2840	May 31, 2024 15:40 gk68
	What is this? -Found in a playground - Very out of place.	4	corbi	2257	May 12, 2024 22:29 Volkmar Stingl
	Need help with identification of minerals in an old video	1	HababKhan	1851	Apr 24, 2024 05:09 James Catmur
	Kimberlite and Diamond?	7	Von_von	4937	Apr 06, 2024 12:34 lluis
	besoin d'aide sur cette pierre (pierre qui allume une ampoule)	8	redou00	5297	Mar 03, 2024 08:40 redou00
	Can anyone tell me if this is Stellar Beam Calciite?	8	mgjullie	4755	Feb 14, 2024 19:29 mgjullie
	Need help to identify a stone	2	vdhinesh79	3208	Feb 08, 2024 00:06 vdhinesh79
	Identification of my mineral	11	rachael colborn	6940	Jan 30, 2024 05:18 rachael colborn
	Need help identifying	4	William and Dawn	3702	Jan 19, 2024 16:20 William and Dawn
	Mashamba West Mine Unknown - need help with ID please	0	cfrench58	6814	Jan 19, 2024 15:24 cfrench58
	Looking for help identifying rock samples	3	ALshawani	3105	Jan 17, 2024 11:17 ALshawani
	Need to identify black stone [ Goto page: 1, 2 ]	21	vdhinesh79	11903	Jan 17, 2024 09:12 Kevin Schofield
	Need to identify rock washed ashore by waves on the beach	4	vdhinesh79	3256	Jan 16, 2024 08:15 SteveB
	I need your help!	3	Von_von	3609	Jan 12, 2024 02:39 James Catmur
	Can some please let me know what you might think this is?	6	brianbautista925	4863	Jan 05, 2024 13:28 James Catmur
	Please Help Me To Identify This Stone. [ Goto page: 1, 2 ]	17	batua	11694	Dec 17, 2023 04:13 batua
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