gzed1500
starting to shine!
Member since February 2009
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Post by gzed1500 on Apr 10, 2009 12:49:53 GMT -5
I posted this on another thread, but I thought I would post it here too. I found this specimen on ebay and thought it was just too darned pretty not to have. Apparently, it is from Needles California and this is what I found out about it "The story: I met a man named Ed Corbin, who had heard of the blue agate through the members of the Needles Gem and Mineral Society Club, who had a mining claim on this deposit. Ed sent samples of the material to Arizona State University in the '60s to be analyzed. The result came back with a surprising 21 minerals to make this gemstone! It is similar to gem silica. Only 1 other deposit of the like mineral make-up has been known to be found; which is in Saudi Arabia. "
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2009 14:51:34 GMT -5
Dang, thats some nice blue! Thanks for sharing.
Shannon
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Post by texaswoodie on Apr 11, 2009 6:30:10 GMT -5
Yup, nice color!
Curt
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