Odd and cool stones from my collection
Nov 1, 2015 19:26:37 GMT -5
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Post by icatz on Nov 1, 2015 19:26:37 GMT -5
Finally got around to cherry-picking some of the more interesting stones from my collection. All were given to me or bought unless stated.
I think this is Chrysocolla with a bizarre formation of something or another....
I found this huge faceted rutilated quartz on a tacky old necklace at a yard sale. I think it's amazing.
Front of pyrite specimen, covered in drusy. The other side is the photo following. For a small piece, it has quite large cubes.
Not sure what this is, but there is some iron staining in those fibers. Lovely.
I think these are tourmaline. Not sure what the blue stuff is. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
Wulfenite (and other little things) on Barite, which I collected at the Rowley Mine.
From the strange category: I was in Flagstaff one winter and went behind the parking lot to look around. There was snow everywhere but I saw something really shiny. I figured it was just ice but decided to brave all the dog poop to look at it. It turned out to be this quartz pie. There's a lid of larger quartz crystals and the rest of it all the way round are very tiny quartz crystals. Completely enclosed. A real find. I won't ever break it open, but a mineral friend told me there were probably bigger quartz crystals inside.
Travertine Marble with nice clean quartz crystals. Bought this at a gem & mineral show.
Unknown. I have a lot of this stuff I bought in a flat. Most of it is covered in drusy.
Extra cool botryoidal formation, but in purple. It looks quite flaky. The entire piece looks like this. Not sure what the white fibers are, either.
I make my own crystals and after entering them at the AZ State Fair one year, they've asked me to bring them back several times as I've made a display on how to create them. This one is an oddity I can't reproduce. I threw in a bunch of different chemicals and this is how it came out of the fridge. If you blink, it starts to fall apart. Just thought I'd add it. Making your own crystals is a lot of fun but very hit-and-miss.
I think this is Chrysocolla with a bizarre formation of something or another....
I found this huge faceted rutilated quartz on a tacky old necklace at a yard sale. I think it's amazing.
Front of pyrite specimen, covered in drusy. The other side is the photo following. For a small piece, it has quite large cubes.
Not sure what this is, but there is some iron staining in those fibers. Lovely.
I think these are tourmaline. Not sure what the blue stuff is. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
Wulfenite (and other little things) on Barite, which I collected at the Rowley Mine.
From the strange category: I was in Flagstaff one winter and went behind the parking lot to look around. There was snow everywhere but I saw something really shiny. I figured it was just ice but decided to brave all the dog poop to look at it. It turned out to be this quartz pie. There's a lid of larger quartz crystals and the rest of it all the way round are very tiny quartz crystals. Completely enclosed. A real find. I won't ever break it open, but a mineral friend told me there were probably bigger quartz crystals inside.
Travertine Marble with nice clean quartz crystals. Bought this at a gem & mineral show.
Unknown. I have a lot of this stuff I bought in a flat. Most of it is covered in drusy.
Extra cool botryoidal formation, but in purple. It looks quite flaky. The entire piece looks like this. Not sure what the white fibers are, either.
I make my own crystals and after entering them at the AZ State Fair one year, they've asked me to bring them back several times as I've made a display on how to create them. This one is an oddity I can't reproduce. I threw in a bunch of different chemicals and this is how it came out of the fridge. If you blink, it starts to fall apart. Just thought I'd add it. Making your own crystals is a lot of fun but very hit-and-miss.
