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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

    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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    Bony Shark Spine???

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

    I have found another glass stone in the bay not sure if is glass though.. 2.75 ct on digital scales Has some damage to surface which looks like frosted glass from sand is it possible to be a sapphire if very old? Florescent Green with UV looks like a clear rock with green when I put light on...
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    Red coral??

    Red coral? Found in beach tide it has a dot on top that looks like it came off a branch or something. groved line that runs all way around and meets. looks almost symmetrical on both sides. Any ideas?? I seen similar to this in cooktown when visited but was more branch like.
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    Red spinel/Ruby or red glass

    I found this in the sand on beach (low tide) 16.65 ct 25mm long 15mm across 10 table facets usually only 6,8. I have used a loupe it has twinned hair like inclusion around top of stone very beautiful inside but eye clean except for tiny chips around girdle when I found. I Have dropped several...
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    Gold or Scrap? (Beach find)

    Found in bay area (low tide) in Queensland. please help me id this. I thought maybe brass,..Is it just scrap? It is rather heavy, scratches unglazed porcelain tile (Gold streak) I put in lemon juice for a minute as I was told it's good to clean brass?, I took out and it detached into 2 pieces as...
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