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Please identify this!

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Chester99

Joined: 20 Nov 2022
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Location: Illinois

Posted: Nov 21, 2022 19:17 Post subject: Please identify this!

Found this in a miscellaneous box of minerals. Any ideas of what this is? I did not do a hardness test yet.

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Peter Megaw
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Posted: Nov 21, 2022 19:25 Post subject: Re: Please identify this!

We need that hardness test first please! Betting you can't scratch it with a knife though _________________ Siempre Adelante!

Chester99

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Posted: Nov 21, 2022 21:14 Post subject: Re: Please identify this!

Peter Megaw wrote:

We need that hardness test first please!

Betting you can't scratch it with a knife though

Nope can't scratch it with a knife and can't scratch it with quartz. It's really hard stuff. I think it may be alluvial topaz?

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