Roger
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Post by Roger on Oct 4, 2014 0:49:37 GMT -5
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Post by vegasjames on Oct 4, 2014 1:05:03 GMT -5
The first three photos are of the semi-synthetic Victoria stone also known as Imori stone.
#6 looks like "peacock ore"
#9 are not meteorites. Looks like slag used to line the railroad tracks or maybe some magnetite. Iron meteorites do not have that kind of surface.
#12 looks like lepidolite.
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herchenx
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Post by herchenx on Oct 4, 2014 1:55:26 GMT -5
12 is charoit from Russia
Nice haul!
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Post by vegasjames on Oct 4, 2014 2:12:13 GMT -5
12 is charoit from Russia I doubt if 12 is charoite. Charoite has a more fibrous texture.
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Post by snowmom on Oct 4, 2014 4:48:48 GMT -5
WOW, what a haul. can't help on names but I can help admire!
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Post by snowmom on Oct 4, 2014 4:50:53 GMT -5
double post eliminated, how'd that happen? sorry!
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transcendental
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Post by transcendental on Oct 4, 2014 5:46:51 GMT -5
I agree with vegasjames about the imori stones and peacock ore, everything else idk. Nice haul tho
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2014 6:11:13 GMT -5
Nice haul.were are you finding lapidary estate sales in this neck of the woods? Dave
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Post by orrum on Oct 4, 2014 6:36:43 GMT -5
You got a great bunch!!!!!
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snuffy
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Post by snuffy on Oct 4, 2014 7:06:45 GMT -5
On the first pic, check out Victoria Stone.Manmade in about that many colors.If it is,you hit the jackpot!!! All the stones are nice!
snuffy
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Post by deb193redux on Oct 4, 2014 7:10:08 GMT -5
several hundred dollars worth of Victoria stone right at the top. That green piece alone is about $80 to $120
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snuffy
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Post by snuffy on Oct 4, 2014 7:29:37 GMT -5
Bikerrandy made some cabs out of it months back! By the way,has anybody heard from Randy? Last login was in July. Has been missed on here.
snuffy
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Post by roy on Oct 4, 2014 9:04:48 GMT -5
oh my safe gaurd the first three there worth lots of money! good find!!!!
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Post by roy on Oct 4, 2014 9:08:30 GMT -5
15 looks like emerald and a gemmy one to the one is caddy moss not wingate
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Post by roy on Oct 4, 2014 9:11:24 GMT -5
3 is spencer opal
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Post by MrP on Oct 4, 2014 9:19:01 GMT -5
You did very good with that find.............MrP
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Post by Pat on Oct 4, 2014 9:30:28 GMT -5
First three are manmade Victoria stones. Verrrrrry valuable.
8 could be black jade. I forget what the metal is. From around Victorville, CA.
What a great find!
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Post by rockpickerforever on Oct 4, 2014 9:36:15 GMT -5
After the Victoria Stones, I couldn't even see any of the other ones, lol!
WOW! That was some find. You show just three, but you said: "There was a lot of this material in 8-9 colors."
Soooo, that means there are at least eight or nine different pieces? How many of those beauties are we talking, exactly?
OMG, that is freaking amazing! What a fine score.
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Oct 4, 2014 9:39:37 GMT -5
The rainbow one with purple and blues in,is "Chalcopyrite"....
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2014 10:05:21 GMT -5
#8 is without any doubt magnetite in black jade. If you make a cab including the magnetite as "pattern" you can then have it gold plated. Imaging gold "crystals" on a shiny black background.
#12 looks to be very low grade charoite. Odd since everything in this collections seems to be high end.
#14 could very well be gold included quartz found in a river.
#19 may well be more black jade
I hope you bought every single scrap in every single color of the first three. Imori's Victoria Stone is quite valuable. It seems he took the recipe to his grave.
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