rmeyerstx
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Post by rmeyerstx on Dec 1, 2019 20:13:49 GMT -5
What is this? Jade? Variscite? Thanks
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2019 1:10:21 GMT -5
Looks like the old Lucin "Gel" variscite.
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Post by rmf on Dec 6, 2019 11:52:02 GMT -5
if it is a hardness of 7 probably Chrysoprase. If a hardness of 3.5-4.5 then variscite
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Post by roy on Dec 6, 2019 12:02:37 GMT -5
variscite
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gemfeller
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Post by gemfeller on Dec 6, 2019 12:45:43 GMT -5
Looks like the old Lucin "Gel" variscite. Some of that old "gel" variscite was soaked for long periods in motor oil to deepen the color. I knew a guy in Salt Lake City who specialized in doing that, selling it as "natural color." I still have a small specimen of the treated material that I watched him pull out of a tank of oil.
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RWA3006
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Post by RWA3006 on Dec 6, 2019 23:26:00 GMT -5
Variscite.
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