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Post by tribeunited on Jul 11, 2024 13:55:36 GMT -5
Dang ladies! That was a record setting double speed ID!!! omg dreamrocks - you were right - it was an indication that tourmaline was nearby!!!!
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Post by rmf on Jul 13, 2024 4:59:44 GMT -5
The first rock is Strawberry quartz it is from Canada and is a quartzite with flakes of mica. Which is equal to a pink aventurine to a rock hound
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Post by tribeunited on Jul 13, 2024 14:36:17 GMT -5
Thanks rmf - Is that strawberry quartz cousin to the lepidolite the others mentioned?
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Post by dreamrocks on Jul 13, 2024 14:48:49 GMT -5
That’s not strawberry quartz
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Post by dreamrocks on Jul 13, 2024 14:48:59 GMT -5
That’s not strawberry quartz
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Post by dreamrocks on Jul 13, 2024 14:52:15 GMT -5
This is strawberry quartz no comparison between the two ![](https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20240713/67349380a2aab7475b8629c683e0e17d.jpg)
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Post by dreamrocks on Jul 13, 2024 14:52:25 GMT -5
This is strawberry quartz no comparison between the two ![](https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20240713/67349380a2aab7475b8629c683e0e17d.jpg)
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Post by rockjunquie on Jul 13, 2024 14:55:34 GMT -5
I'm sticking with lepidolite. I had some in the rough and that's what it looked like.
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Post by dreamrocks on Jul 13, 2024 15:00:44 GMT -5
I'm sticking with lepidolite. I had some in the rough and that's what it looked like. I agree with you too Lepidolite and quartz are two different animals if quartz is present it’s usually on one side or the other rarely do the two mix together like a cocktail!!
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Post by dreamrocks on Jul 14, 2024 19:41:29 GMT -5
tribeunited you wanted me to cut & polish some lepidolite it’s just to hot by the time I get setup my saw is red hot! So I do have some a friend of mine had cut & polished. I have a good piece that has green and yellow possibly some pink tourmaline to in it to that I was going to cut & polish but lately it’s just to hot. Here you go free form lepidolite cut & polished ![](https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20240715/286d6a11c0804e1be9bf31c85e6778cf.jpg)
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Post by tribeunited on Jul 15, 2024 12:46:43 GMT -5
That's the stuff, for sure! Thanks for showing those dreamrocks.
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Post by dreamrocks on Jul 15, 2024 13:04:42 GMT -5
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Post by realrockhound on Jul 15, 2024 17:06:19 GMT -5
I was trying to explain this material a while back and was calling it pedolite. jasoninsd corrected me. We had a good laugh.
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Post by tribeunited on Jul 15, 2024 17:21:44 GMT -5
pedolite - sounds like a soft drink for...
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Post by realrockhound on Jul 15, 2024 18:24:04 GMT -5
pedolite - sounds like a soft drink for... Obviously I wouldn’t say the names I have for half the material when I’m describing it. But I know you’d get a hell of a laugh. You can take me outta the country, but ya can’t take the country trash outta me 😂.
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Post by jasoninsd on Jul 15, 2024 19:20:54 GMT -5
I was trying to explain this material a while back and was calling it pedolite. jasoninsd corrected me. We had a good laugh. I think I was something like this: ![](https://reactiongifs.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Wait-What.gif) ![(lol)](//storage.proboards.com/1258779/images/hyOivrcWsQyVjSKtYIub.gif)
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Post by rmf on Jul 16, 2024 9:22:57 GMT -5
Thanks rmf - Is that strawberry quartz cousin to the lepidolite the others mentioned? No lepidolite is K(Li,Al)3(Al,Si,Rb)4O10(F,OH)2, the pink color in the strawberry quartz is Iron
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Post by tribeunited on Jul 16, 2024 15:02:56 GMT -5
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Post by rockjunquie on Jul 17, 2024 10:48:52 GMT -5
From what I know, there is the rare and beautiful strawberry quartz as was posted and another one which is completely different and I THINK is sold as a deception. I don't know where it is from, but it does look a bit more like lepidolite.
eta- a quick youy see and it appears that the other one is mica in quartz. Some (or all) is dyed. A lot from China parts.
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Post by dreamrocks on Jul 17, 2024 12:43:00 GMT -5
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