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Help identify this rock. Sapphire??

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Gentrydodd

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Posted: Jul 22, 2021 22:41 Post subject: Help identify this rock. Sapphire??

Found outside of Waynesville North Carolina, about an hour from Franklin. Definitely curious as to what it is. Thanks in advance for everyone’s help

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Volkmar Stingl

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Posted: Jul 22, 2021 22:44 Post subject: Re: Help identify this rock. Sapphire??

Quartz and Feldspar.

Gentrydodd

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Posted: Jul 22, 2021 22:46 Post subject: Re: Help identify this rock. Sapphire??

Volkmar Stingl wrote:

Quartz and Feldspar.

What is the blue part of the stone

SteveB

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Location: Canberra

Posted: Jul 22, 2021 22:56 Post subject: Re: Help identify this rock. Sapphire??

Gentrydodd wrote:

Volkmar Stingl wrote:

Quartz and Feldspar.

What is the blue part of the stone

Quartz, chalcedony, bad photography. Take your pick.

Tobi
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Posted: Jul 23, 2021 02:03 Post subject: Re: Help identify this rock. Sapphire??

Gentrydodd wrote:

[...] Definitely curious as to what it is. Thanks in advance for everyone’s help

https://www.mineral-forum.com/message-board/viewtopic.php?t=1936
Thanks in advance for providing more information ;-)

James Catmur
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Posted: Jul 23, 2021 09:37 Post subject: Re: Help identify this rock. Sapphire??

If you do a few tests we might be able to help - hardness should be the first test as that will help rule out the very hard minerals (I suspect it will rule out your guess).

Gentrydodd wrote:

Volkmar Stingl wrote:

Quartz and Feldspar.

What is the blue part of the stone

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