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Post by texasroy on Jun 23, 2017 17:46:22 GMT -5
Will do and thanks!
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Post by texasroy on Jun 22, 2017 23:47:05 GMT -5
Don't worry you didn't. I said it laughing. I've read and read and read and just can't quiet figure it out. I guess the quick satisfaction side of me does wish it was easier. But I was just playing. I appreciate all the pics, feedback and education. Its why I signed up.
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Post by texasroy on Jun 22, 2017 20:52:54 GMT -5
Ill do that. Thanks-
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Post by texasroy on Jun 22, 2017 20:51:46 GMT -5
The clear piece on here looks just like the sherry piece I have except the base. I need to take some better pictures. I wish there was a weekly in person meeting!
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Post by texasroy on Jun 22, 2017 20:49:46 GMT -5
I give up. I'm buying a gem tester.
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Post by texasroy on Jun 22, 2017 11:09:50 GMT -5
So the crystal and ill post a better pic when I get back home is 5 sided. One side is way wider than the other 4. What's also weird is the sides come together near the top at 4 points and the top is a small square instead of a sharp pencil tip if that makes sense. I'm a rookie so trust me I couldve messed up.
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Post by texasroy on Jun 22, 2017 4:17:03 GMT -5
Thanks. We spent our time on the Seaquist Ranch. The more I research and look at it this sherry piece I'm becoming more and more convinced it is topaz. I sure hope so. When my 7 year old, digging in the sandy/rocky dry creek bed found the perfect crystal. Ive never seen a kid so pumped up, excited, proud and grinning from ear to ear. He was 10 yards or so away from me and my wife and he came running holding it out in his fingers yelling I found a crystal. I found it all by myself. The pride he exuded and sense of accomplishment and confidence. Man. I tell you. If anyone ever wonders is it worth 13 hours in the sun in 95 degree Texas heat with the wife and kids. Absolutely.
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Post by texasroy on Jun 22, 2017 0:04:28 GMT -5
I put a few up on the message boards under some different titles. They ate listed on my profile page. Not sure how to share the post they are in yet. I am in Colorado right now. Went to pikes peak today after work. Only had 3 hours. Found some cool tourmaline chips and maybe so e topaz. Nothing big. But had a good time. Ill be back later this summer. I have a friend that owns 400 acres in the Cortez area. Any rocks out there?
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Post by texasroy on Jun 21, 2017 9:29:54 GMT -5
So the sherry piece its not a point where they all touch. Its more like the tip of the 1st topaz drawing you have posted but you can tell water has shaped it somewhat.don't get me wrong. I still cant tell for sure. If it is topaz its a nice sized chunk. We spent all day at the seaquist ranch in Mason tx digging in creek beds and under granite boulders and outcroppings.
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Post by texasroy on Jun 21, 2017 8:10:59 GMT -5
The top piece and small crystal are topaz. They sink in bromoform. Haven't tested the others yet. They have the bromoform at some gem shops in Mason.
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Post by texasroy on Jun 21, 2017 7:56:09 GMT -5
The 1st picture is from Mason, TX. The rest are from 3 different spots in Brewster County, TX. The green ones are from about 8 miles south of marathon, tx. The others are from rich beside alpine and about 18 miles south of alpine.
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Post by texasroy on Jun 21, 2017 7:25:52 GMT -5
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Post by texasroy on Jun 20, 2017 23:21:03 GMT -5
Where can this be found?
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Post by texasroy on Jun 20, 2017 20:32:20 GMT -5
Thanks! I'm excited as well. I will shAre
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Post by texasroy on Jun 20, 2017 19:20:58 GMT -5
Good feedback. Ill edit it.
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Post by texasroy on Jun 20, 2017 14:09:39 GMT -5
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Post by texasroy on Jun 20, 2017 14:02:14 GMT -5
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Post by texasroy on Jun 20, 2017 13:59:03 GMT -5
We hunted a couple of weekends ago in Mason, TX and we are pretty sure we found some Topaz, but also wanted others opinions. This first one is extremely brilliant, refracts colors all around like a diamond as you mpve it and looks flawless. I had a question - How do pieves like this come to be? Are they a flake from where a crystal broke away at a cleavage point? Please let me know yalls thoughts on these: Found by my 5 year old and 8 year old, 5 year old was shoveling, 8 year old was sifting This appears to be a crystal of topaz - found by by 7 year old son This one sure looks like some sherry colored topaz but I am not sure...
And then what is this? Just quartz? No way this is topaz, right?
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Post by texasroy on Jun 20, 2017 12:29:16 GMT -5
North East. Longwood Kingwood area. Where are you (snuffy)
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Post by texasroy on Jun 20, 2017 9:47:36 GMT -5
All: We are new to this as a family and are anxious to learn and grow in the hobby. I have read quiet a bit of the information in the posts in this Topic and think I have a lot better idea of what we may have found. With that said, I would like and appreciate yall's opinion on these finds. For the group, is it more proper to post one picture at a time per post/topic, or multiple - say 10 different photos - in a single post? Here is one I would lie your input on. This was found in the Alpine, TX Region. Thanks!
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