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Post by ken on Feb 10, 2009 20:08:00 GMT -5
This is 8" x 6" x 6". First picture it looks banded. Second picture is turned 90 degrees and looks massive.   |
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Post by writerman2255 on Feb 10, 2009 22:59:30 GMT -5
It's a rock.
Love and Light, Tom.
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Post by arappaho on Feb 11, 2009 9:54:26 GMT -5
Yep, Ken. If you have anymore questions we're always glad to help.  It reely looks like a rhyolite to me, Ken, but then again the green is gemmier than I've seen before. I'm not sure if it's the water that is making it look like that or what. Any idea where it came from? Joe |
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Post by ken on Feb 11, 2009 10:08:00 GMT -5
No idea where it came from. Top picture shows that it is layered all the way through. bottom one shows the color. Bright green. All I can come up with is actinolite. But don't think it is.
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Post by sabre52 on Feb 11, 2009 10:15:44 GMT -5
Ken: That material is called Mariposite and comes from just over the hill from where I had my ranch in Mariposa County, Calif. It's a combination of green fuchsite mica, quartz, dolomite and a few other minerals and is often associated with goldmines in the area as an ore. The green mica is caused by chromium. Kind of mixed hardness and hard to polish but very pretty and only found a few places in the world....Mel
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Post by scott on Feb 18, 2009 14:24:14 GMT -5
Let's see some of that polished Ken.
Scott
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