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Post by taylor on Jan 22, 2020 0:39:39 GMT -5
I bought this rock last week at Quartzsite. (DG) The vendor had a large crate labeled pink moonstone. Most of the stuff was white, pink, and sparkly. But some of it was lavender like the piece that I bought. Would you call it pink moonstone? Or something else?
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Post by pauls on Jan 22, 2020 4:15:52 GMT -5
Moonstone is a Feldspar, I doubt that's Feldspar. No cleavage planes.
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Post by rockjunquie on Jan 22, 2020 10:40:31 GMT -5
Looks like lepidolite from the picture.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2020 11:54:47 GMT -5
That was my first thought, too. If harder than lepidolite, could also be pink quartzite or a pink feldspar granite. Agree that it doesn't have any indication of directional cleavage planes that one would expect to see in moonstones.
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Post by wpotterw on Jan 22, 2020 17:43:28 GMT -5
I bought this rock last week at Quartzsite. (DG) The vendor had a large crate labeled pink moonstone. Most of the stuff was white, pink, and sparkly. But some of it was lavender like the piece that I bought. Would you call it pink moonstone? Or something else? Moonstone is a feldspar with very distinct cleavage planes. That looks massive, not crystalline. Not sure.
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Post by rmf on Jan 31, 2020 4:17:15 GMT -5
Texture is that of quartzite. But moonstone sells better so let's call it that;)
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