Is this aquamarine?

jayb off to a rocking start Member since August 2017 Posts: 12	Is this aquamarine? Aug 25, 2017 20:40:37 GMT -5 1dave likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jayb on Aug 25, 2017 20:40:37 GMT -5 Another from my parent's old rock collection. Is this aquamarine? If not, what might it be?

vegasjames no longer being taken for granite Member since June 2013 Posts: 9,559	Is this aquamarine? Aug 25, 2017 20:49:11 GMT -5 1dave, coloradocliff, and 2 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by vegasjames on Aug 25, 2017 20:49:11 GMT -5 Do a hardness test for starters to help narrow it down.

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Is this aquamarine? Aug 25, 2017 20:52:33 GMT -5 via mobile 1dave and micellular like this

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What "could" it be?

Certainly aquamarine is a candidate.

So is fluorite. Therefore, vegasjames advise to scratch can rule out fluorite.

Also, the color doesn't seem correct but could be the camera or my phone, so prasiolite is a remote option.

Piece is big enough for a specific gravity too. There is a recent thread for that.

Anybody? What else might it be pending diagnostics?

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vegasjames no longer being taken for granite Member since June 2013 Posts: 9,559	Is this aquamarine? Aug 25, 2017 20:56:12 GMT -5 1dave likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by vegasjames on Aug 25, 2017 20:56:12 GMT -5 Does not look like green calcite so I doubt that. Hiddenite, a spoudamene, is a possibility.
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QuailRiver fully equipped rock polisher Member since May 2008 Posts: 1,640	Is this aquamarine? Aug 25, 2017 23:29:21 GMT -5 1dave, coloradocliff, and 1 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by QuailRiver on Aug 25, 2017 23:29:21 GMT -5 Impossible to say for sure from viewing photos but nothing I am seeing here screams aquamarine to me. Larry C.

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Is this aquamarine? Aug 26, 2017 0:04:52 GMT -5 via mobile vegasjames likes this

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Aug 25, 2017 20:56:12 GMT -5 vegasjames said:

Does n ot look lie green calcite so I doubt that. Hiddenite, a spoudamene, is a possibility.

Good call. Hiddenite looks promising. Hardness test will help.

He|| it could be simple glass.

We need some diagnostics. Giving OP time to see this and react. Patience is a virtue!

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1dave misunderstood rock expert Awed by the Universe! Member since October 2013 Posts: 11,931	Is this aquamarine? Aug 26, 2017 1:52:53 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by 1dave on Aug 26, 2017 1:52:53 GMT -5 Most aqua I've seen is lighter than this-
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jayb off to a rocking start Member since August 2017 Posts: 12	Is this aquamarine? Aug 26, 2017 8:14:25 GMT -5 1dave and coloradocliff like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jayb on Aug 26, 2017 8:14:25 GMT -5 Thanks everyone. I am not a rock collector so I'll have to do some research to see how to do those things. If I get to it I'll post results here.

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Is this aquamarine? Aug 26, 2017 20:08:56 GMT -5 1dave likes this

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Post by gemfeller on Aug 26, 2017 20:08:56 GMT -5

I agree with the comments above. Trying to ID gems/minerals from photographs without physical/optical tests is pointless in most cases. A hand lens could probably find bubbles if it's glass and a hardness test would help narrow things down. But a 30-second refractive index test would probably yield an ID or provide strong clues to what it might be. Gemologists usually go to the microscope first, the refractometer second and other incidental tests (polariscope, S.G., dichroscope, spectroscope etc.) as indicated. Hardness testing is usually only appropriate on rough stones.

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