Saskrock
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Post by Saskrock on Feb 20, 2008 21:59:04 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2008 22:29:53 GMT -5
Looks like soapstone. But soapstone does scratch with metal, it didn't scratch the stone at all?
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rollingstone
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Post by rollingstone on Feb 21, 2008 2:20:39 GMT -5
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rallyrocks
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Post by rallyrocks on Feb 21, 2008 18:10:34 GMT -5
Yeah, Id say either aventurine (no "d" in aventurine BTW, although it is such a common misspelling that they list it as a synonym for aventurine) or a green quartz, lots of this kind of stuff in China. Aventurine will reveal little mica flakes if examined closely like under a 10X loupe www.mindat.org/min-436.html
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Saskrock
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Post by Saskrock on Feb 21, 2008 19:02:04 GMT -5
I'd say you got it with the aventurine, it looks just like the pictures in your links. Someone else told me it might be Jade , looks like that too. Should be able to tell by Specific gravity between the two. Thanks for the help.
Scott
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Saskrock
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Post by Saskrock on Feb 21, 2008 19:30:43 GMT -5
Well just finished measuring the specific gravity. Only have a kitchen scale but I got 2.5, wikapedia puts aventurine at about 2.6 and jade at about 3.0. Looks like it is definantly aventurine.
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