ID of stone. HELP

Hey everyone, Pulled this from GG and i am having an internal struggle as to what it is... Help! Please!

Looks a bit Corundumish is that blue at one end or a shadow?

Cheers

Col

does look to have sapphire family in it

The tip is a bit blue. I would love it to be sapphire, hence the internal struggle...

I know that feeling is it or not

Looks sapphire to me , how does it look away from light ?

Olivine?

I dont think olivine, chystals are too big

Away from light it looks like this. (Right stone)

MMm not sure , need Wal to see , he would know

Corundum.

Looks alot like onxy, heres a little goblet i picked up in newcastle years ago.
you could try a hardness test to help identify it, should be about 7mohs.

I dont think onyx, It lets too much light through doesnt it? Can you get onyx at GG?
Thanks everyone! You all just made my night! Sorry about all the questions, i only have 23 years under my belt and i've never done this before. You are all so kind and welcoming.

ask all the questions you like , we all learn by the process that follows.

be patient , be kind to yourself and good luck out there :lol:

Wal has alot of experience at GG so i wont doubt the accuracy of his call on the above

This is The first one i found from that lot of soil. I almost dropped it in the river, Would of thrown myself in after it.. Or my boyfriend anyway!

geez jessiy dont throw your boyfriend in the creek . he might swallow some sapphires

is he a big guy ?

i guess you could turn him upside down and shake him around a bit until they came back out again

there are quite a few women on this forum which is great , and its good to have the reminder for all us guys to behave ourselves and mind our language :8

Hahaha, He is bigger then me, well, im taller by an inch or so, but still... I am not going in that water unprotected, i was in with the sieve last week, first sieve, LEECH!.. blerg! No, if anybody is going in that water face first after a stone, it will certainly, certainly, be him. He laughed at me.... 8.(
Could shake him around a bit, but im afraid he would loose his last few marbles

Jessiy said:

Hahaha, Could shake him around a bit, but im afraid he would loose his last few marbles

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losing his marbles could be confusing if they are the same colour as the gems in the creek ?

regarding the leeches , salt makes them run away quick smart

i hate them too so i carry a bag of salt with me and i also intend clipping a block of rock salt to one of my gumboots one day to see if that makes them run ( swim ) for the hills

The other small pest you might encounter is Tics , metho or similar makes them drop off pretty quick.

i reckon every little problem that life throws at us must have a solution somewhere somehow

best wishes with your sapphire finding

got me buggered looks a little like the last one here in wals picks mate
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