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 Mar 22 2016, 05:43 PM
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While classifying some material for the sluice, I found this river washed stone that is quite heavy. It's a little larger than a golf ball, elongated. I could see some reddish/pinkish translucent material in the black/yellow matrix. I decided to cut a cross section from it. The cross section is about 1/8 inch thick and my photo is blurry, but the translucent material color is accurate. Any ideas?
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Apr 14 2016, 08:02 PM
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Yup, I saw it first hand the day he found it... pretty sure it's Garnet. For sure the largest natural I've seen. Very river worn and dinged up so it's had a rough journey. It's a dark one but may be facet-worhy? How would a stone faceter go about determining how pure the interior is?
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relicsncoins Help ID mineral/gem Mar 22 2016, 05:43 PM
swizz My thoughts are.... huge Garnet! Mar 22 2016, 06:05 PM
relicsncoins QUOTE (swizz @ Mar 22 2016, 07:05 PM) My ... Mar 23 2016, 08:47 AM swizz Yes, I recognized it.... you think it's Garnet... Mar 23 2016, 08:53 AM relicsncoins QUOTE (swizz @ Mar 23 2016, 09:53 AM) Yes... Mar 23 2016, 10:43 AM swizz He probably could have retired with a couple of th... Mar 23 2016, 10:45 AM Mrs.CP Not sure what it is but that's a pretty color ... Mar 23 2016, 11:17 AM yakyakgoose I know this is old but I came across something I w... Apr 14 2016, 11:30 AM GeoMatt Garnet. Nice size. Depending on where you found ... Apr 14 2016, 03:58 PM johnnybravo300 I found a garnet about pencil eraser size when I w... Apr 14 2016, 09:24 PM |
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