StompRocks
spending too much on rocks
Gonna need a bigger tumbler!
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Post by StompRocks on Aug 8, 2006 11:53:47 GMT -5
Can anybody id this? I was told it was ukanite but I don't know if it is or not. Thanks for any help!
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Aug 8, 2006 14:23:45 GMT -5
All my unakite is red with pistachio green and black but I think the red is feldspar which comes in lots of colors. Your's might be the same only with pinkish white feldspar. Might also be some variety of thulite which comes in many pink, white+ green combinations with the pink usually being zoisite. The thulite seems to be more common in Calif and Washington. Not sure about Oregon locations. I've never seen any unakite from a western source but maybe it is out here...mel
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StompRocks
spending too much on rocks
Gonna need a bigger tumbler!
Member since July 2006
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Post by StompRocks on Aug 8, 2006 18:52:15 GMT -5
Yeah...I just got back from a rock shop and I had taken this piece along and the owner there says it's a green granite but not Unakite.
Thanks for the help!
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