starstuff
off to a rocking start
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Post by starstuff on Jan 2, 2012 17:59:24 GMT -5
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starstuff
off to a rocking start
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Post by starstuff on Jan 2, 2012 18:01:08 GMT -5
Oh god... sorry, the pictures are gigantic. Hahaha! I will remember to resize next time!
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Jan 2, 2012 21:01:16 GMT -5
Quartz crystals..........
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starstuff
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Post by starstuff on Jan 2, 2012 23:13:23 GMT -5
BLUE quartz? It seems too fragile to be quartz... and it's blue. I've never heard of blue quartz.
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Post by jakesrocks on Jan 2, 2012 23:18:26 GMT -5
With the cubic fracture, I'm thinking blue calcite.
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SteveHolmes
fully equipped rock polisher
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Post by SteveHolmes on Jan 2, 2012 23:25:14 GMT -5
Blue Celestite? I don't know much about minerals...only from pictures. steve
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Post by NatureNut on Jan 3, 2012 8:08:12 GMT -5
Starstuff, you can go back into your pictures and resize through the edit function and (after a slight delay) they will be resized here. Welcome to the forum. I have hounded blue quartz in PA, it does exist. Some of it has feldspar with it, which is blocky. Looking closely at these pics, they only slightly resemble the blue quartz I found. Hard to see, but some of yours in these pics may look like they are showing blue flash. Hope someone around here knows more than I do and can help. Jo
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starstuff
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Post by starstuff on Jan 3, 2012 15:43:16 GMT -5
Edit function... hmmmm... I can't find it. I tried looking in the help section but quickly became impatient. A little help? (Once I learn how, I will remember, thanks for any tips!)
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peachfront
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Post by peachfront on Jan 3, 2012 17:32:12 GMT -5
I thought it was lower grade Celestite but, having googled the Dundas, Ontario Celestite, I guess I wouldn't kick it out of the rock cabinet. It might not have the nice crystal shape of some specimens from elsewhere but apparently people will still pay for that baby blue...Might be interesting to try and see if it's workable/cuttable. That color could make some special cabs or tumbles/freeforms if it will take a polish. I only have a crystal cluster of Celestite so I cannot test it myself.
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Post by NatureNut on Jan 3, 2012 19:15:09 GMT -5
Sorry... I was thinking you were using Photobucket and I see you are using something else. Good luck. Jo
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Post by Bikerrandy on Jan 3, 2012 20:12:24 GMT -5
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jason12x12
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Post by jason12x12 on Jan 3, 2012 20:22:53 GMT -5
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peachfront
fully equipped rock polisher
Stones have begun to speak, because an ear is there to hear them.
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Post by peachfront on Jan 3, 2012 21:14:23 GMT -5
Yah, now that I can see the photos...it sure does look like Calcite. What a Buzzkill! But it's better to know than not to know.
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starstuff
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Post by starstuff on Jan 4, 2012 15:27:03 GMT -5
Hehe, thanks guys! I was really hoping it was celestite... but either way, it sure is pretty! I tried to take some pictures of the rainbow flashes that many of the stones have, but my camera just didn't capture them the way the naked eye does.
I doubt that I'd be able to do much work with any of these stones - it seems that the way they were growing underground, there was enough air and plant matter co-existing in the space, that there are many fractures that cause it to break under too much pressure. I suppose I could wrap it, or maybe do some leatherwork with a piece. I just like looking at them, though! I will try to get a photo of the huge rock my friend and I dug out - it has very large blue bits in it, very flat faces (we were hoping to extract them without carrying the whole rock home, but it was too fragile for the tools we were using). He is keeping it to work on when he gets the time.
Thanks for your help, guys!
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