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Gemstones, Minerals & Fossils
Gemstones and Minerals
❓Your Mineral Identification Questions answered here
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<blockquote data-quote="TomStatic97" data-source="post: 668938" data-attributes="member: 24595"><p>After a somewhat unfruitful search (<1g found) around the Daylesford region of Victoria, I decided to bring home some interesting rocks and quartz with the intention of cracking them open. I found this rock [ATTACH=full]10024[/ATTACH]</p><p>Which showed some interesting horizontal banding of what appears to be quartz. I thought it looked cool, and would be fun to crack open.</p><p></p><p>However upon opening it, I was met with an interior that I didn't expect:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]10025[/ATTACH]</p><p>A crimson sort of material under a thin crust of grey stone! Looks a little like a perfectly cooked steak <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😂" title="Face with tears of joy :joy:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f602.png" data-shortname=":joy:" /></p><p></p><p>Any idea what this red stuff could be? The darker section seems to have a bit of a sparkle to it. I've found red gemstones in the same river, garnets or something similar, possibly related?</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]10026[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TomStatic97, post: 668938, member: 24595"] After a somewhat unfruitful search (<1g found) around the Daylesford region of Victoria, I decided to bring home some interesting rocks and quartz with the intention of cracking them open. I found this rock [ATTACH type="full" alt="PXL_20230608_004817602.MP.jpg"]10024[/ATTACH] Which showed some interesting horizontal banding of what appears to be quartz. I thought it looked cool, and would be fun to crack open. However upon opening it, I was met with an interior that I didn't expect: [ATTACH type="full" alt="PXL_20230608_004732190.MP.jpg"]10025[/ATTACH] A crimson sort of material under a thin crust of grey stone! Looks a little like a perfectly cooked steak 😂 Any idea what this red stuff could be? The darker section seems to have a bit of a sparkle to it. I've found red gemstones in the same river, garnets or something similar, possibly related? [ATTACH type="full" alt="PXL_20230608_004901455.MP.jpg"]10026[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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