meta7
starting to spend too much on rocks
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Post by meta7 on Sept 12, 2013 14:32:27 GMT -5
Hi,
I am looking for Strawberry Quartz from Mexico. I am looking for all varieties of it, including low grade and ultra-low grade.
Please let me know if you have any for sale or for trade or if you know of someone else who does.
Thank you very much,
:-)
David
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gemfeller
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Post by gemfeller on Sept 12, 2013 15:40:55 GMT -5
David, I've run into several types of quartz called "strawberry." I have some of one of them I'd be willing to sell/trade but I'm not sure it's what you're after. Any chance you can post an image?
Rick
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meta7
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Post by meta7 on Sept 12, 2013 16:30:55 GMT -5
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gemfeller
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Post by gemfeller on Sept 12, 2013 16:49:24 GMT -5
That's crystalline quartz. The stuff I have is massive quartz that somewhat resembles a pinkish aventurine. The spangles are probably some sort of mica, definitely not rutile. I can't recall the source. Namibia maybe. I think most of the crystalline "strawberry" has inclusions of iron minerals like lepidocrosite, goethite, hematite etc.
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Rick
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