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Gemstones, Minerals & Fossils
Gemstones and Minerals
Finds from Sapphire bend, Oberon NSW
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<blockquote data-quote="Heatho" data-source="post: 204352" data-attributes="member: 487"><p>No worries mate, doesn't take long to be able to tell the difference between a lot of different types of stones, look at some of my earliest posts on here and I was just as unsure. 2 years down the track and I'm a lot better informed.</p><p></p><p>Best thing I can recommend for stone Identification is to get a few ceramic tiles for streak testing and a good set of scales for Specific Gravity tests, from ebay for about $30, ones that do from .01g to about .05g increments work the best. Then learn how to perform a specific gtravity test, this one is very easy to do. <a href="http://johnbetts-fineminerals.com/jhbnyc/articles/specific_gravity.htm" target="_blank">http://johnbetts-fineminerals.com/jhbnyc/articles/specific_gravity.htm</a></p><p></p><p>These simple tests can get you pretty close to IDng a lot of different stones. Especially differentiating between quartz and heavier minerals and gemstones.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Heatho, post: 204352, member: 487"] No worries mate, doesn't take long to be able to tell the difference between a lot of different types of stones, look at some of my earliest posts on here and I was just as unsure. 2 years down the track and I'm a lot better informed. Best thing I can recommend for stone Identification is to get a few ceramic tiles for streak testing and a good set of scales for Specific Gravity tests, from ebay for about $30, ones that do from .01g to about .05g increments work the best. Then learn how to perform a specific gtravity test, this one is very easy to do. [url]http://johnbetts-fineminerals.com/jhbnyc/articles/specific_gravity.htm[/url] These simple tests can get you pretty close to IDng a lot of different stones. Especially differentiating between quartz and heavier minerals and gemstones. [/QUOTE]
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Gemstones, Minerals & Fossils
Gemstones and Minerals
Finds from Sapphire bend, Oberon NSW
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