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[Kharv]

4 figure value I need to sell... Maybe someone wants some river polished jade boulders contact me , not trying to sell here maybe not allowed but if anyone wants a one of jade egg river polished there's a 8 pound uncut and a 48 pound tipped to stand.. if I'm in violation I apologize I joined multiple forums recently, I'm not trying to sell but I do have some one of a kind specimens I don't want to part with But if I were to liquidate I could go get a literal ton mory

[Kharv]

I went and got a new masonry bit, and I pushed as hard as physically possible. I'm a few years past 40 and built houses and skimming pools along side ticketed machine operator, I forced this bit into the stone as hard as I could, after cleaning transfer material from my drill bit and racking that stone like it's the person that wronged me after I gave her everything and didn't Wright... I have a faint mark still but hard stones may present a polished surface the scratch is so superficial I can not feel it dragging finger nails against it... Magnified I did slightly scratch the surface because I want to disprove my stone being a carbonado I put all my source into damaging it.. so many fakes, so many blatant lies, scammers. I don't trust anything from anyone anymore, internet information especially, always here well there listed for x amount online, I look at stones similar to mine and their either way underpriced or way overpriced.. wise man told me trust everyone 40% max and trust yourself 90% ..pure truth... Free insight, not fact.. odds are worse...

[Kharv]

Appreciate I can show you the link to the video, I'm not claiming it's real I'm just here to learn, hopefully gain enough knowledge to help others, at least contribute to the community.. thank you for your help..

[marco campos-venuti]

The conchoidal fracture indicates that it is not a crystalline material, probably a flint. Try repeating the hardness test.

[Matt_Zukowski]

Perhaps you can take it to a jeweler - I don't know if they are set up to ID carbonados, but perhaps they can point you in the right direction.

[James Catmur]

Hardness about 7

[alfredo]

Keep in mind though that diamond has a very high heat transmission ability, so that reduces its sensitivity to rapid temperature change.

[Kharv]

Apologize for breaking the rules, appreciate this forum and would like to contribute to it, I will read the rules and follow them.. thanks to all they gave me input.

[Kharv]

I get that probably 90% of carbonado for sale online are fake, I'm honestly trying to disprove my stone.. heading to a jewelry shop today, I'm in a small town no gemologist but hopefully they will send it to there main location with a gemologist on staff.. it is Triboluminescence, flint causes spark were as Triboluminescence is a generated electrical ocourance that might look like a spark but Infact you will never create flame from it, 2 quartz crystals Weill do this sapphire on sapphire, quartz on sapphire... jade has this effect as well I will definitely research the possibility of flint perhaps I'm wrong , here to learn and share and appreciate your input