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Gemstones, Minerals & Fossils
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Sapphirine
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<blockquote data-quote="dezman" data-source="post: 31300" data-attributes="member: 1018"><p>Sapphirine, interesting reading on wiki about it. This was my first piece I found at Ponderosa, near hanging rock. Where you dig in an old river bed that has all but rotted away over time, a clay/sandy loam! It's hard to describe but washes well and does leave some rust stains on ya. My friend got a yellow one which are rarer than the blue/green ones, I tried rubbing a few down on the wheel hoping to cut a cab. But each one has cracks in them and now look like crap, when they could of been worth something as a specimen. They do have a nice finger print/ feather pattern in the layers.</p><p>Iv found lots of Zircons there, hence the name 'Zircon valley' but only a few small pieces of sapphire that might cut. I'm still hopeful as iv only put about a 100 buckets through the HB.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dezman, post: 31300, member: 1018"] Sapphirine, interesting reading on wiki about it. This was my first piece I found at Ponderosa, near hanging rock. Where you dig in an old river bed that has all but rotted away over time, a clay/sandy loam! It's hard to describe but washes well and does leave some rust stains on ya. My friend got a yellow one which are rarer than the blue/green ones, I tried rubbing a few down on the wheel hoping to cut a cab. But each one has cracks in them and now look like crap, when they could of been worth something as a specimen. They do have a nice finger print/ feather pattern in the layers. Iv found lots of Zircons there, hence the name 'Zircon valley' but only a few small pieces of sapphire that might cut. I'm still hopeful as iv only put about a 100 buckets through the HB. [/QUOTE]
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