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Gemstones, Minerals & Fossils
Gemstones and Minerals
❓Your Mineral Identification Questions answered here
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<blockquote data-quote="Elliott" data-source="post: 409779" data-attributes="member: 12547"><p>Thank you for the welcome! Haha the goat in my avatar was my boy Manny, he was like a brother to me. He was actually in hospital when that picture was taken so he was really feeling down, needed a hug <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Phew! Glad I stumbled into the right place! It's so hard to know sometimes. Chalcedony seems like the winner... no matter how many ways you spin a google search on just 'quartz' I could not find any images that resembled the tubular structures and such that I found. But searching by Chalcedony, found quite a few. That's really neat!! And good to know about the clay, next time I will bring some better gear and really get stuck into it, I just love digging, always have since I was a kid... went to lightning ridge, camping out past Broken Hill, all over the place. I have a big bowl of thunder eggs and opal and such at home, souvenirs from childhood trips through the middle of nowhere <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite6" alt=":cool:" title="Cool :cool:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":cool:" /> </p><p></p><p>I'm also curious if the presence of these particular minerals, combined with the volcanic nature of the area, at all suggests what else may be found there? I would hate to be skipping certain 'rocks' on a whim because I'm not looking closely enough as I dig frantically! Oh also, they are all really dry and rough. The only one that has a slight 'wax' to it would be the piece with the red core. What does a waxy feeling indicate?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Elliott, post: 409779, member: 12547"] Thank you for the welcome! Haha the goat in my avatar was my boy Manny, he was like a brother to me. He was actually in hospital when that picture was taken so he was really feeling down, needed a hug :) Phew! Glad I stumbled into the right place! It's so hard to know sometimes. Chalcedony seems like the winner... no matter how many ways you spin a google search on just 'quartz' I could not find any images that resembled the tubular structures and such that I found. But searching by Chalcedony, found quite a few. That's really neat!! And good to know about the clay, next time I will bring some better gear and really get stuck into it, I just love digging, always have since I was a kid... went to lightning ridge, camping out past Broken Hill, all over the place. I have a big bowl of thunder eggs and opal and such at home, souvenirs from childhood trips through the middle of nowhere :cool: I'm also curious if the presence of these particular minerals, combined with the volcanic nature of the area, at all suggests what else may be found there? I would hate to be skipping certain 'rocks' on a whim because I'm not looking closely enough as I dig frantically! Oh also, they are all really dry and rough. The only one that has a slight 'wax' to it would be the piece with the red core. What does a waxy feeling indicate? [/QUOTE]
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