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    Brown Tourmaline? rainbow 400x magnification.

    Also it is not at all magnetic.
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    Brown Tourmaline? rainbow 400x magnification.

    Hi I have had this tourmaline for many years from Anakie region qld. I have recently sliced a specimen off the hardest part of rock and shows blotchy orange spots through dark stone if looking 100x through microscope, I would like to know why it has a rainbow halo on outer edge of stone when...
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    Blue Fluorite?-- UV pink

    I have previously posted about this blue gem but I had very flat batteries in UV torch. Previously chalky green ONLY in fluorescence, maybe that was SW not sure. I bought stronger batteries for my UV wavelength-390-395 handheld light to take these photos in TOTAL darkness with UV only light...
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    1943 Penny

    Haha thanks for the heads up i probably would have soon ;)
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    1943 Penny

    Wow that's cool, Thanks :)
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    1943 Penny

    A 1943 penny. I know very common and very little value, I noticed a dot underneath the A at the end of Australia. Is this common or maybe a fault?
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    Blue Sapphire??

    Picture with LED light and black light. Why did it light up dark green with LED light as shown in picture? qqq
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    Blue Sapphire??

    hahaha lucky ;)
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    Blue Sapphire??

    Thankyou so much :) Damn I will have to wait till morning I don't have any here. Will petrol do the same job?
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    Blue Sapphire??

    I have just noticed with my loupe it has a residue film on top I scratched some away with finger nail but took a while, Is there a way to get this off, as it looks pretty smooth underneath...possible?? Salt build up? Also looks very clear inside.
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    Blue Sapphire??

    Thanks I think I will to be sure :)
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    Bony Shark Spine???

    Low tide find bay, need help identifying please:)
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    Bony shark spine?

    A few more pictures
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    Bony shark spine?

    Low tide bay find I,m having trouble identifying this one.. Help please :)
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    Blue Sapphire??

    Haha I wish it was real oh how wonderful that would be ;)
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