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Jul 1, 2009 22:02:20 GMT -5
Post by nose2ground on Jul 1, 2009 22:02:20 GMT -5
client who knew I was into rockhounding brought this in to show me a couple weeks ago, hoping I could ID it. She found it here in town (Gainesville GA) - but since was at my office could not test it. Any ideas going just from rough pics?   |
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Jul 1, 2009 22:15:03 GMT -5
Post by romare on Jul 1, 2009 22:15:03 GMT -5
beryl perhaps?
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Post by gsellis on Jul 2, 2009 4:49:41 GMT -5
Maybe, but pic 1 also kind of looks like green quartz from Brasil.
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Jul 2, 2009 12:44:13 GMT -5
Post by arappaho on Jul 2, 2009 12:44:13 GMT -5
Well, I was going to agree with Aventurine,  , but now let me be the first to suggest it.  Gsellis, Isn't any grainy, "quartzite-like" green quartz called Aventurine? With a loupe you should be able to see little flakes of mica in it that help to give it the sparkle. This piece does look like something that came from a salted bucket of material somewhere. And like any other rock you will find all grades of it. Here is a pic of a piece of light green vein that was found where they were digging a house foundation locally. So I guess it could've been found locally. Either way, I would call it aventurine.  |
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Jul 2, 2009 13:12:24 GMT -5
Post by kap on Jul 2, 2009 13:12:24 GMT -5
I agree it looks like some Adventurine(?) that I have.
Keith
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Jul 2, 2009 17:35:11 GMT -5
Post by arappaho on Jul 2, 2009 17:35:11 GMT -5
You're melllllllllltttting!  |
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Jul 2, 2009 18:00:53 GMT -5
Post by amythestguy on Jul 2, 2009 18:00:53 GMT -5
Just like I said before and to retierste what Joe said it looks just like something you would get out of the $5 bucket at Bill's Stop and Go Gem Sluice on 441. Try to get a exact locale, james. It also does look somewhat like beryl like mark said. I have some greenish blue that looks very similar
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Post by nose2ground on Jul 3, 2009 9:55:15 GMT -5
exact location ..... less than one mile, or thereabouts, from where I had found the epidote and what we suspect is a piece of aquamarine. She found it in her backyard after a rain, seems to be rather attached to it. I checked out some pics of aventurine, does resemble it - but never heard of that found in this area.
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Jul 8, 2009 22:13:28 GMT -5
Post by colorshapetexture on Jul 8, 2009 22:13:28 GMT -5
Fractures, cleve, and texture make me go with Joe.
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Jul 9, 2009 18:26:53 GMT -5
Post by eriktheawful on Jul 9, 2009 18:26:53 GMT -5
quartzite has my vote
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