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Whats This? #2, Can you identify this? |
  Jan 19 2004, 11:51 AM
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 Master Mucker!  Group: Admin Posts: 7,187 Joined: 7-October 03 From: Colorado Member No.: 4  |
  :) :D :P :)  Can you tell me what this is?..........
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Jan 19 2004, 11:53 AM
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 Rock Bar! Group: Members Posts: 715 Joined: 28-October 03 From: The 45th Parallel in Oregon Member No.: 16 |
That kids toy called SLIME.... :D :D
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Jan 19 2004, 03:33 PM
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russau Group: Members Posts: 2,841 Joined: 4-December 03 From: st.louis missouri Member No.: 43 |
im going to guess serpentine
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Jan 21 2004, 02:05 PM
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Rock Bar! Group: Members Posts: 715 Joined: 28-October 03 From: The 45th Parallel in Oregon Member No.: 16 |
Serpentine has a more crstalline structure.
CLUE: This specimen will glow under ultraviolet light and produce a unbelievable color. Clue # 2 The waxy surface -------------------- |
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 Jan 21 2004, 02:18 PM
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 Shovel Buster! Group: Members Posts: 77 Joined: 3-December 03 From: northern california(the great state of jefferson!!) Member No.: 40 |
jade??
found this online when comparing...
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-------------------- "The original point and click interface was a Smith and Wesson."
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Jan 21 2004, 03:36 PM
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Master Mucker! Group: Admin Posts: 7,187 Joined: 7-October 03 From: Colorado Member No.: 4 |
Sorry Redpaw...... :P ....This one doesn't glow under ultraviolet light.
And its not Jade Kriss.. I'll give you a Clue. This specimen usually grows in grape like clusters.... This one is just cut in half lenght wise, thats why the bottom is flat. -------------------- Education is the key to the future,
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Jan 21 2004, 10:30 PM
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 Diggin' In! Group: Members Posts: 31 Joined: 7-December 03 From: Western Slope, Colorado Member No.: 45 |
Is it vegitable or mineral? <_<
is it a "ide", "ate" or "Ite" or "ine"? What does it streak? Whats the hardness? does it cleave or fracture? talc? serpentine is a good guess, it forms in dull or silky masses, is that right? malachite? when you say "grape like clusters", do you mean a dendritic formation? -------------------- |
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Jan 21 2004, 10:51 PM
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Rock Bar! Group: Members Posts: 715 Joined: 28-October 03 From: The 45th Parallel in Oregon Member No.: 16 |
I thought for sure it was Green Flourite.....
and looking at it closer I'd say Olivine now, but it doesn't appear to have the clarity of Olivine either?. -------------------- |
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 Jan 21 2004, 11:00 PM
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Shovel Buster! Group: Members Posts: 77 Joined: 3-December 03 From: northern california(the great state of jefferson!!) Member No.: 40 |
peridot or olivine are my last 2 guesses...I'm goin nuts here trying to figure this one out!! hahaha
 sure has been a learning experience for me though!! thx Denise!!  Kriss -------------------- "The original point and click interface was a Smith and Wesson."
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Jan 22 2004, 06:17 AM
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Master Mucker! Group: Admin Posts: 7,187 Joined: 7-October 03 From: Colorado Member No.: 4 |
Those are all good guesses.........but not correct. ;)
OK Sammy, I'll give another Clue It's an "Ite".. :D
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Jan 22 2004, 07:25 AM
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 Rock Bar! Group: Members Posts: 434 Joined: 29-November 03 From: Eastern Oregon Goldfields and SW Idaho, too Member No.: 25 |
Calcite?
I'm used to seeing calcite in clusters such as "dog tooth calcite"....but calcite covers alot of turf...just a wild guess...I only know about black and silver and gold and red rocks<grin> I have a confession to make, however, when I first saw it, me being from an ocean lined "beachy" state, my first thought was petrified whale boogher...don't know if I can say that in polite company or not, here tho'... |
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Jan 22 2004, 06:52 PM
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Diggin' In! Group: Members Posts: 31 Joined: 7-December 03 From: Western Slope, Colorado Member No.: 45 |
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Jan 22 2004, 10:46 PM
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Diggin' In! Group: Members Posts: 31 Joined: 7-December 03 From: Western Slope, Colorado Member No.: 45 |
is it a limestone stalactite?
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Jan 22 2004, 11:54 PM
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 Master Mucker! Group: Admin Posts: 4,149 Joined: 7-October 03 From: Colorado Member No.: 3 |
These are some great guesses folks.
Sorry Sammy, not a limestone stalactite..........  ;) :) Sorry Tutor but not Calcite either, but wer'e in the right family with the "ites"....... :) CP -------------------- CP-Owner/Administrator
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 Jan 23 2004, 01:53 AM
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Shovel Buster! Group: Members Posts: 77 Joined: 3-December 03 From: northern california(the great state of jefferson!!) Member No.: 40 |
This is driving me nutso!! pyromorhite or wavellite?? ;) 
-------------------- "The original point and click interface was a Smith and Wesson."
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