riverbendlapidary
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Post by riverbendlapidary on Sept 16, 2011 15:03:04 GMT -5
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Sept 16, 2011 15:10:06 GMT -5
Could be beryl.........They come in vary of colors..
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Post by jakesrocks on Sept 16, 2011 15:14:07 GMT -5
Possibly. Without giving an exact location, what general area did these come from ? Don
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meta99
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Post by meta99 on Sept 16, 2011 15:27:26 GMT -5
Looks like classic tourmaline to me....crystal structure, etc.
Sue
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riverbendlapidary
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Post by riverbendlapidary on Sept 16, 2011 15:33:30 GMT -5
Brazil is what I was told, but can't confirm that.
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unclestu
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Post by unclestu on Sept 16, 2011 15:58:12 GMT -5
Yes I agree with tourmaline comes in many colors from red to blue/green Very nice specimen Stu
I looked more carefully it looks like there is some water melon tourmaline in that matrix. Stu
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rons
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Post by rons on Sept 16, 2011 16:36:35 GMT -5
I agree w/Sue and unclestu most likely from Brazil
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Don
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Post by Don on Sept 16, 2011 16:55:05 GMT -5
what's the hardness of it?
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Post by jakesrocks on Sept 16, 2011 17:55:29 GMT -5
The first could be tourmaline. I'd like to see the end cross section of a crystal to be sure. But in pic # 4 you can see the cross section of one of the crystals. It's not a rounded triangle like tourmaline. Looks more like a 6 sided crystal with more or less equal faces.
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Post by FrogAndBearCreations on Sept 16, 2011 20:04:36 GMT -5
yep the green looks like tourmaline and the red like ruby, has too many sides to be tourmaline.
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Jason
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Post by Jason on Sept 16, 2011 23:12:50 GMT -5
sorry not emeralds or rubies... those would both be tourmalines Speaking of tourmalines check out my FB page i am doing about tourmalines..just pics of odd, unique, fantastic, and beautiful tourmalines Check out the cabs I just put up(gggems) and scroll down to see some of the slices...you will know why tourmalines are the King of Colors and my favorite stones...those liddicoatite tourmalines will put most agates to shame www.facebook.com/thetourmaline
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minkers
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Post by minkers on Sept 17, 2011 21:41:05 GMT -5
I have some tourmalines with 6 sides like the red stones in picture #4. They're almost triangular but have 3 very obtuse angles instead of straight sides.
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Post by tandl on Sept 18, 2011 10:27:36 GMT -5
Both are tourmaline , the pink one looks like it has more sides because it is broken.
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