Recent content by Kelly

Thanks Tiger and Digga! It seems like a quiet but friendly forum, lots of nice people. I probably won't post much, but I've appreciated the welcome and the help I've had in my other thread. :D

Thanks a lot, Wal :D I had a bit of a read about it, and that sounds like what I've got. Apparently this stone has long been confused for others, like olivine. Explains a bit ^_^ Some of the colour variations are amazing. Quick edit - No worries, XIV. As you said, it's really hard to know...

Thanks, Goldpick :D Yes, after checking google, that's the one I have! I'm glad someone knew, haha.

Thanks for the welcome :) Sapphire is actually the name of the town, it's pretty small, though. It's part of an area known as the Gem Fields, there's also a town called Emerald, and one called Rubyvale. I never found anything especially big or worth cutting, but there were some fantastic...

Thank you! I had wondered if it might be that, but I had no idea if it could form in big chunks like this. The colour definitely looks right, though. It would be cool if this is olivine, because peridot is my favourite stone :D

Hey, Just a quick hello to introduce myself. I've always been a fan of rocks and crystals, although my knowledge on them is fairly basic. My dad lives in Sapphire, QLD, and I spent a lot of time specking for sapphires as a kid. Most of the crystals I own have just been bought in stores...

My own guess would be (purple) fluorite. Kinda what it looks like, to me!

My dad gave me this stone about 12 years ago now, and we were never sure what it was. I thought it might be some kind of clear green quartz, but from what I remember him telling me, a man found it in the Northern Territory or Western Australia, and I read that clear green quartz is mainly found...