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paulybrina
Joined: 19 Aug 2012
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Location: North Carolina
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 Posted: Sep 06, 2012 19:04 Post subject: Is it is,or is it aint? |
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Recent purchases. I am new to the hobby so I am relying on the sellers description.
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Vanadinite Geode?
unknown
50.8x63.5mm 152.41g. |
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Vanadinite Geode?
unknown
50.8x63.5mm 152.41g. |
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Garnet var. Andradite on matrix
Tyrol, Austria
3.1x2.2x1.8cm. 21g.
from an old dig in 1936 |
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Garnet var. Andradite on matrix
Tyrol, Austria
3.1x2.2x1.8cm. 21g. |
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unknown
yard sale
38.1x44.45mm,35gm |
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Mystery rock
yard sale
38.1x44.45mm,35gm |
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Opalized Petrified Wood?
Biggs/Owyhee area Oregon,USA
,8"x6"x3.25",5.7lb |
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OCTAGONAL FLUORITE CRYSTAL
China is all I got!
8x9x12mm up to 12x13x15mm
Purchased 50 stones for less than $7.00 |
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OCTAGONAL FLUORITE CRYSTAL
China is all I got!
8x9x12mm up to 12x13x15mm |
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John S. White
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Joined: 04 Sep 2006
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Location: Stewartstown, Pennsylvania, USA
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| Posted: Sep 06, 2012 19:38 Post subject: Re: Is it is,or is it aint? |
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The first is indeed vanadinite, but not a geode
The second is andradite, a garnet species and you are correct
The third, if I have the order correct, is manmade glass, possibly slag
The next piece may well be petrified wood, hard to say from the image but there clearly is agate in the center.
The next are octahedral fluorite cleavages. These have been produced by cleaving larger fluorite crystals alonng planes of weakness parallel to octahedral directions
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Gail
Joined: 21 Feb 2008
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Location: Texas, Lone Star State.
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| Posted: Sep 06, 2012 21:41 Post subject: Re: Is it is,or is it aint? |
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John, I love when you talk cleavage! ha ha.
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paulybrina
Joined: 19 Aug 2012
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Location: North Carolina
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| Posted: Sep 07, 2012 03:45 Post subject: Re: Is it is,or is it aint? |
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Thank you John, very informative! I got all of these and two more pieces of beautiful petrified wood and a small green Tourmaline for less than $80. I think I did pretty good!?
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petrified wood/jasper ?
Biggs/Owyhee area Oregon,USA
4.75"x3.25"x2.5" 1.2lb. |
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petrified wood/jasper ?
Biggs/Owyhee area Oregon,USA
6.75"x4.75"x2.5" 2.7lb. |
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Green Tourmaline
Donghai Jiangsu, China
28x26x25mm 50g. |
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Green Tourmaline
Donghai Jiangsu, China
28x26x25mm 50g.
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