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PostPosted: Jan 11, 2023 07:36    Post subject: Please identify.  

Hi
Just to introduce myself, I am Francien. I live in South Africa and I am 66 years old. I have a couple of "stones", 6 different varieties and would really like to know more about them. I am posting 3 varieties for now, rest to follow. Could you please identify them? I apologize for not giving more information, but I am completely in the dark.
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Collect 1A.jpg
 Mineral: Unknown
 Dimensions: Various
 Description:
Shiny
Different sizes
Weight on photo
 Viewed:  4906 Time(s)

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 Mineral: Unknown
 Dimensions: Various
 Description:
Rough
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 Dimensions: Various
 Description:
Shiny
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 Dimensions: Various
 Description:
Shiny
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 Dimensions: Various
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Shiny
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PostPosted: Jan 11, 2023 08:27    Post subject: Re: Please identify.  

Francien, welcome to the forum, we will try to help

Could you please do a few tests? Hardness and streak are the main ones on this page.

https://www.mineral-forum.com/message-board/viewtopic.php?p=19487#19487

For hardness use glass, steel, copper and your fingernail to get an idea. For streak, the unglazed back of a tile is a simple way of checking.

1 and 2 look like glass slag to me, and the others may well be quartz or sandstone (which is quartz)
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PostPosted: Jan 11, 2023 09:11    Post subject: Re: Please identify.  

I would say all three are glass (lots of bubbles), not natural.
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PostPosted: Jan 12, 2023 04:46    Post subject: Re: Please identify.  

Hi James and Josele
Thanks for the help, much appreciated!
Herewith photos of the other 3 specimens and we will do those tests and post it by tomorrow.
Francien



Collect 4A.JPG
 Mineral: Quartz
 Dimensions: Various
 Description:
 Viewed:  4714 Time(s)

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 Mineral: Quartz
 Dimensions: Various
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 Mineral: Quartz
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PostPosted: Jan 12, 2023 06:33    Post subject: Re: Please identify.  

More glass and quartz, I think.

The quartz ones (i.e the first pink one today) should scratch the glass (i.e. the aqua one), but not vice versa. These are typical of the 'stones' stores sell for decorating gardens. The glass ones are used as they are so colorful

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PostPosted: Jan 12, 2023 20:01    Post subject: Re: Please identify.  

The pink ones look like rose quartz.
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PostPosted: Jan 13, 2023 07:28    Post subject: Re: Please identify.  

Hi
These scratches were not done harshly, do I need to do harder scratches?
Test results for all stones - more or less the same
Scratch with steel nail - no mark.
Leave scratch marks on back of ceramic tile.
Leave scratch marks on glass.
Leave scratch marks on back of porcelain tile.
Leaves scratch on front of porcelain tile.
All streaks are white in color.

Thank you for your trouble.



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 Mineral: Quartz
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porcelain tile photo
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 Mineral: Quartz
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porcelain tile negative photo
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 Mineral: Quartz
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Did not wiped powder away.
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PostPosted: Jan 13, 2023 09:54    Post subject: Re: Please identify.  

We tend to believe pink is quartz, the rest are glass
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PostPosted: Jan 13, 2023 10:48    Post subject: Re: Please identify.  

Thanks a mil..😇
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