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Pristine Crystalline

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Translucent Orange Cubic Block
« on: December 19, 2016, 11:08:22 PM »
This one is massive and extremely dense with dull yellowish-orange coating. i held flashlight against a relatively flat surface at night in unlit room and the rock glowed amber deep inside. The rock weighs 7,880 grams or 7.88 kilograms. it attracts no dust and is cold to the touch all around when i pick it up.

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Re: Translucent Orange Cubic Block
« Reply #1 on: December 20, 2016, 03:14:19 PM »
to me, it looks like quarts that has sat in an iron rich environment and took some of the iron into the rock.
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Re: Translucent Orange Cubic Block
« Reply #2 on: December 21, 2016, 03:07:43 AM »
Agree with Phishisgroovin, quartz with iron staining.

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