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lolla0913

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Idenfication
« 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.

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Re: Idenfication
« Reply #1 on: April 11, 2017, 04:34:34 AM »
More information would help.  Location, hardness?  Just as a wag I'd say quartzite.
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Re: Idenfication
« Reply #2 on: April 11, 2017, 04:56:24 AM »
Found in Northam Western Australia.Thanks Slabbercabber
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Re: Idenfication
« Reply #3 on: April 11, 2017, 07:26:29 AM »
That's a tough one
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Re: Idenfication
« Reply #4 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 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).
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Re: Idenfication
« Reply #5 on: April 12, 2017, 01:03:49 AM »
Hardness is 7  guys thank you
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Re: Idenfication
« Reply #6 on: April 14, 2017, 06:40:50 AM »
 It looks like the fuschite in schist from my area.
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Re: Idenfication
« Reply #7 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.
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Re: Idenfication
« Reply #8 on: April 17, 2017, 05:25:55 AM »
Looks like Fuchsite mica to me, when it is present in quartz it is call adventurine
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