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Post by rockjunquie on Jun 19, 2024 18:54:12 GMT -5
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tribeunited
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Post by tribeunited on Jun 19, 2024 18:56:26 GMT -5
oooohhhhhhh my gorgeous! That's one material I haven't seen before. I love it! A rainbow of savory goodness. Your work is really something special.
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Post by rockjunquie on Jun 19, 2024 18:58:29 GMT -5
oooohhhhhhh my gorgeous! That's one material I haven't seen before. I love it! A rainbow of savory goodness. Your work is really something special. Spectrolite is a form of feldspar like labradorite. It only comes from Finland.
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Post by tribeunited on Jun 19, 2024 19:02:47 GMT -5
oooohhhhhhh my gorgeous! That's one material I haven't seen before. I love it! A rainbow of savory goodness. Your work is really something special. Spectrolite is a form of feldspar like labradorite. It only comes from Finland. Ahhh, labradorite, I have. Spectrolite, I'm so glad to see. I was going to ask you for a photo of it... but I didn't know if you had taken one before you gifted it. So I didn't ask, trying to not make things weird. I'm so glad you shared it!
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Post by rockjunquie on Jun 19, 2024 19:06:54 GMT -5
Spectrolite is a form of feldspar like labradorite. It only comes from Finland. Ahhh, labradorite, I have. Spectrolite, I'm so glad to see. I was going to ask you for a photo of it... but I didn't know if you had taken one before you gifted it. So I didn't ask, trying to not make things weird. I'm so glad you shared it! Spectrolite is pretty rare. It is very difficult to mine. I knew a guy who got it directly from the miner. I have sold so many that I wish I had kept, but I still have a bunch. Unlike labradorite, the background color is black- the blacker the better. It really makes the colors pop.
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Post by rockjunquie on Jun 19, 2024 19:09:21 GMT -5
Here it is without the light. It is very diectional. One angle to the light... no color. Move it and it pops. It's magical. And now I'm done with the hijack...
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tribeunited
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Post by tribeunited on Jun 19, 2024 19:12:39 GMT -5
It's about rocks, it doesn't count as a hijack. Rocks rocks rocks rocks
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Post by rockinrenn on Jun 19, 2024 19:56:54 GMT -5
Aventurine is found here in northern Utah. Colors range from green, blue, orange and blue-green. All of it has mica inclusions.
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Post by rockjunquie on Jun 19, 2024 19:56:55 GMT -5
Well then... in that case- here's one more just because I love this stuff.
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Post by jasoninsd on Jun 19, 2024 20:44:33 GMT -5
rockjunquie - Do you think there's ANY possibility of this being Mtorolite? It was what first came to mind as soon as I saw the backlit shot... Edit - On second glance, it does look too "grainy"...
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Post by rockjunquie on Jun 19, 2024 20:45:42 GMT -5
rockjunquie - Do you think there's ANY possibility of this being Mtorolite? It was what first came to mind as soon as I saw the backlit shot... Nope, not at all. The color is good for it, though.
eta on your eta Yup- you got it!
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Post by tribeunited on Jun 19, 2024 21:01:11 GMT -5
rockjunquie - Now I love the stuff too! I love photos of your work. ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) Always, I mean always, post any and all pictures at any time in any of my posts! I like hijacks and off topics, they help me know you all better. Oh, and our work was done here, right? We are calling it aventurine? rockinrenn - I keep learning more just from talking to all of you, so thank you! I don't know where this specimen was found, I only know he (the collector) liked it!
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Post by rockjunquie on Jun 20, 2024 8:44:09 GMT -5
rockjunquie - Now I love the stuff too! I love photos of your work. ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) Always, I mean always, post any and all pictures at any time in any of my posts! I like hijacks and off topics, they help me know you all better. Oh, and our work was done here, right? We are calling it aventurine? rockinrenn - I keep learning more just from talking to all of you, so thank you! I don't know where this specimen was found, I only know he (the collector) liked it! Yeah, aventurine seems to be the consensus.
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