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Sent them down to a gemologist to try get an I'd hopfiully get an answer soon

Also I have used a refractometer to test these stones but was didn't no I had to do it to a polished stone so it was the wrong reading I was told u need to polish a flat surface at 50 thousand diamond grit to get an accurate reading , so on Saturday when I go to the local lap club I will try it

Quarts is definatly not scratching it hhhhmmmm is refractive index a good way to determine wat a stone is or does it vary aswell

Does anybody know of any labaratorys that can do mineral test or something of the sort jcu has told me that they only do commercial scale testing

Just by looking at the stones shape it self it seems it is not tourmaline to me

Tried to scratch those green stones with a piece of quartz I have and don't think it scratched them

Maybe through the Adobe uploading file u might have to convert the video but u should be able to do it like that I think

Yer ok I'll have to have another look

Yer the Sg and hardness didn't add up for peridot I didn't think jcu def seems on the cards be good to get a positive I'd. from wat Iv seen on the Internet and other ppl have seems to be to dark for peridot? Or does it come in a few colour varietys

The green one come back with a SG of 3.26. MOH 7-8 and streak test was white

Yer righto I didn't think it looked like tourmaline after a link I looked at either from wat I could read it has a more prominent shape but I duno I'm Thin King of sending it down to the jcu in Townsville to have an analytic test done on it, may cost a bit but seems to be the only sure way to no...

Hhhmm interesting read makes me think it's just plain green tourmaline , as apparently we don't get it here and by the sounds of it it's a very distinct shape I'll have to look tomoro but I don't think any of the large pieces have it but I know there is one or two pieces that have the shape of a...

better than nothing been doing a diff spot and finding less but bigger pieces wich is good

oi lefty its palmerston dont no if ya remember me but had the red and green stones was going to send ya to have a look at, couldnt find ya emails and my other account wont let me log in thought id let ya no talked to a geologist today and went through a few test as far as we could figure the red...

cheers mate

. My findings off two days of hardcore hiking , rough camping and sluicing.

been hunting gems and gold for a while now put the hard yards in looking for alluvial gold havent had much luck yet but havent done to bad with the gemstones from nq