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Gemstones, Minerals & Fossils
Gemstones and Minerals
unknown find from slatey
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<blockquote data-quote="Lefty" data-source="post: 288626" data-attributes="member: 2976"><p>That rhyolite looks like it would make good cabbing material - not sure about hardness/integrity but I like the patterns.</p><p></p><p>You won't want to be in Springsure, central QLD right now.....it will be getting warm to the point of brutal <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> I want to get back there and grab some more labradorite - a small number of the pieces contain metallic-looking inclusions that resemble bright, newly smelted copper and a small number of others show white or blue adularesence and I have had a geologist and a gemmologist enquire about getting some for study. Most of it is just a transparent straw colour (which facets a surprisingly attractive and bright stone despite the lower RI).</p><p></p><p>The number of pieces of petrified wood that I have found in areas without any obvious volcanics close by, I can count on one hand - not suggesting that this is the case elsewhere. The few that I have found like that seem to have a bit of a different quality to them - definitely fossil wood but duller in appearance without the gloss.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lefty, post: 288626, member: 2976"] That rhyolite looks like it would make good cabbing material - not sure about hardness/integrity but I like the patterns. You won't want to be in Springsure, central QLD right now.....it will be getting warm to the point of brutal :) I want to get back there and grab some more labradorite - a small number of the pieces contain metallic-looking inclusions that resemble bright, newly smelted copper and a small number of others show white or blue adularesence and I have had a geologist and a gemmologist enquire about getting some for study. Most of it is just a transparent straw colour (which facets a surprisingly attractive and bright stone despite the lower RI). The number of pieces of petrified wood that I have found in areas without any obvious volcanics close by, I can count on one hand - not suggesting that this is the case elsewhere. The few that I have found like that seem to have a bit of a different quality to them - definitely fossil wood but duller in appearance without the gloss. [/QUOTE]
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unknown find from slatey
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