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Title: Idenfication
Post by: lolla0913 on April 11, 2017, 03:37:51 AM

Hi everyone,l am newbie to the site and gemstones.l found these, they are a blue green color.Your help would be most appreciated.Thank you.(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170411/394896cc966e8e739c9da6862f0f2e32.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170411/01dfb3b4792a1e127d4e43051296af7f.jpg)

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Title: Re: Idenfication
Post by: Slabbercabber on April 11, 2017, 04:34:34 AM

More information would help.  Location, hardness?  Just as a wag I'd say quartzite.

Title: Re: Idenfication
Post by: lolla0913 on April 11, 2017, 04:56:24 AM

Found in Northam Western Australia.Thanks Slabbercabber

Title: Re: Idenfication
Post by: ChristopherAnthony on April 11, 2017, 07:26:29 AM

That's a tough one

Title: Re: Idenfication
Post by: rocks2dust on April 11, 2017, 09:00:59 AM

If it scratches easily, it could be a mica such as sericite. Could also be a gneiss, or quartz included with chlorite or something else. You need to at least approximate the hardness (http://geology.com/minerals/mohs-hardness-scale.shtml) of the material. You might then also want to check mindat.org to see if they have anything around the specific area where you found it (search on Western Australia, then zoom in on the map to your location).

Title: Re: Idenfication
Post by: lolla0913 on April 12, 2017, 01:03:49 AM

Hardness is 7  guys thank you

Title: Re: Idenfication
Post by: lithicbeads on April 14, 2017, 06:40:50 AM

 It looks like the fuschite in schist from my area.

Title: Re: Idenfication
Post by: Jhon P on April 14, 2017, 09:56:43 AM

7 MOH hardness, andcthe way He face is broken. Green Quartz? Dose it have sparkles in it? Adventurine maybe.

Title: Re: Idenfication
Post by: southerly on April 17, 2017, 05:25:55 AM

Looks like Fuchsite mica to me, when it is present in quartz it is call adventurine