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Post by texaswoodie on Sept 15, 2009 14:22:39 GMT -5
A guy from another forum sent me this rock. He found it on a beach in a bunch of rock that was used as erosion control, so there's no telling where it came from. Any ideas? Thanks! Curt
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Post by Bikerrandy on Sept 15, 2009 16:53:19 GMT -5
I don't know what it is, but it looks awesome! I'll bet it would make some really cool cabs.
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Post by akansan on Sept 15, 2009 17:24:20 GMT -5
The coloring reminds me of the Fuschite I had. Mine was silicated and workable, but I've heard it's can be brittle and soft. Granted, if that's not brittle or soft, ignore the above suggestion.
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Post by texaswoodie on Sept 16, 2009 8:42:35 GMT -5
Fuschite looks good to me. Thanks!
Curt
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Post by johnjsgems on Sept 16, 2009 8:56:37 GMT -5
You probably need to check hardness. It is some pretty stuff. We have a lighter material called "Mariposite" that looks like green and white quartz but is softer like a marble. Our state rock, serpentine is quite often that shade of green but I have not seen it in white quartz if that is white quartz. Get out the pocket knife and start scratching.
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aunuts
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Post by aunuts on Sept 18, 2009 0:38:47 GMT -5
I don't care what it is, it's gorgeous! Jo
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Post by texaswoodie on Sept 18, 2009 8:44:16 GMT -5
John A knife will scratch it and I forgot to say it came from the North East Coast.
Curt
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Post by 150FromFundy on Sept 18, 2009 18:48:30 GMT -5
I'm going to throw one more in there. It looks fairly crystalline to me, almost like quartz, yet a knife will scratch it ... how about apatite with a hardness of 5 (if memory serves me right).
Darryl.
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MikeS
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Post by MikeS on Sept 20, 2009 11:46:28 GMT -5
looks like actinolite to me....
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