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Post by cointosser on Jan 7, 2009 23:47:12 GMT -5
We were in Hiddenite, NC this past weekend and finely got around to cleaning up a few finds.  Can anyone help identify? |
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Post by cointosser on Jan 8, 2009 0:11:45 GMT -5
We were at the Hollow (I know... Washing out mouth) and digging through the feldspar, flipping up the dirt from other diggers.
My assumption was aquamarine but honestly wanted to ask because it was my first time near the hollow.
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Post by cointosser on Jan 8, 2009 0:46:51 GMT -5
I went ahead and cleaned it the rest of the way and took it into the photo room so I could set it on glass. (The photos above show it sitting on white paper)    And it's also 53 g (265 ct if the conversion is right) |
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Post by cointosser on Jan 8, 2009 1:10:24 GMT -5
Other finds of the day were  the large one is 29grams and  |
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Post by amythestguy on Jan 8, 2009 1:34:15 GMT -5
Ya know when i first looked at it I thought beryl like Rick said, but wasn't to sure. Have you done a scratch test? Maybe one of our resident mineral picture identifiers can shed a little more light on the subject(arrapaho or gemlover). Seems like a pretty good find!
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Post by cointosser on Jan 8, 2009 2:03:44 GMT -5
I couldn't find a file so I pushed a fork over a small edge and it scratches the stone.
Fluorite is another option, I guess.
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Post by bluemineralman on Jan 8, 2009 5:26:40 GMT -5
Looks like green fluorite. Internal cleavage planes are visible in the picture.
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Post by romare on Jan 8, 2009 7:29:35 GMT -5
I am guessing it's an imported something unless you were in solid virgin ground and even then it doesn't look right... let me know when you're gonna be up this way and I'll come say howdy.
Mark
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Post by colorshapetexture on Jan 8, 2009 8:06:43 GMT -5
My guess is Columbian.
Being that Hiddinite is supposed to be an Emerald mine. And Coumbian Emeralds are fairly cheap.
Too bad we didnt have him look behind the fence at the end of the flume line. Usualy the bags they are imported in are stamped on the outside of the bags....
That last photo realy looks like it.
Jim
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Post by gemlover on Jan 9, 2009 1:34:57 GMT -5
Well, can't do better than the last. Most of the commercial mines throw a lot of fluorite in the mix. Looks good, plenty of color and they aren't going to do anything with it. The garnets are a nice deep red, I like them, and would love to have some that good to play with (I do have some). The schorl (black tourmaline) shows good identifying characteristics. Your hardness test made the fluorite pretty sure.
John
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Post by Ryan on Oct 1, 2010 21:23:48 GMT -5
Looks like non-NC Adventurine
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Post by lauriesrocks on Feb 14, 2011 17:50:15 GMT -5
Rick has the ID's exactly right. Junk. Total value 3 to 4 cents. Typical of Emerald Hollow. (The only thing hollow about that place are the skulls of those that continue to allow that farce to continue.
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Post by carnelianpete on Feb 16, 2011 8:57:51 GMT -5
To me the reason the farce continues is good marketing and the fact that the guy makes money. As long as he makes money and he has a good marketing plan it will continue. Besides he is going after those people that may be a little less informed than most collectors and hounds. Sad but true. Anything to make buck.
Pete
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Post by Ryan on Feb 17, 2011 1:55:15 GMT -5
Aw come on Laurie. Emerald Hollow is a great place to have an important and meaningful learning experience. You learn not to go there again. Heee ;D When I first got started seriously lookin for NC rocks, I went there and thought I was in the middle of all the action, the middle of the NC gemisphere! After about an hour or so and with a pocketfull of things that dont grow on this continent, I figured it out. Glad I found you guys when I did. I have to wonder though, If you dug around in that creek they have, and got deep enough, say under a rock, is there any chance of finding a local beryl or small scrap of corundum?
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