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Post by donniestreasures on Aug 1, 2010 8:12:03 GMT -5
Picked out a blackish rock with some green in it out of a pile of unknowns to see what it looked like after I polished & came up with these. The smaller one broke off the top of the larger one. Can anyone tell me, please what it might be? The black matrix was soft & the green fairly hard. Thanks - Donnie Attachments:
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Post by donniestreasures on Aug 1, 2010 8:12:59 GMT -5
Here's one more pic. Attachments:
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Post by rickb29212 on Aug 1, 2010 8:17:26 GMT -5
It looks like some of that South American emerald. Rick B
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sophia
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Post by sophia on Aug 2, 2010 9:40:10 GMT -5
I second Rick B. - South American emerald matrix.
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Post by gsellis on Aug 3, 2010 20:07:24 GMT -5
3rded.
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Post by DigDug on Aug 4, 2010 14:12:23 GMT -5
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Post by donniestreasures on Aug 4, 2010 21:01:35 GMT -5
Thank you very much! That was a very nice bracelet! I though perhaps that was what it was judging from the color & the way it felt when I was polishing it. It may be low grade emerald but it is still pretty. To tell you the truth I think that it has more character than the higher facet grade emerald.
Donnie
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Post by gsellis on Aug 6, 2010 13:51:57 GMT -5
It may be low grade emerald but it is still pretty. Donnie Oh, it is very much a keeper. I like it. |
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Post by tanyafrench on Sept 3, 2010 9:49:47 GMT -5
Donnie, I found some similar while sluicing at a mine in North Carolina. The emeralds were in a black matrix which was softer. I have tumbled a few. Yours look like a larger piece but otherwise they look the same.
Tanya
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