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1dave misunderstood rock expert Awed by the Universe! Member since October 2013 Posts: 11,957	Five Cool Rocks Mar 30, 2019 15:22:17 GMT -5 RWA3006, rockjunquie, and 5 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by 1dave on Mar 30, 2019 15:22:17 GMT -5 NEVER use a rock hammer as a chisel as i n #2 digging opal! Flying steel splinters will ruin your day.
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Five Cool Rocks Mar 30, 2019 18:30:53 GMT -5 RWA3006, rockjunquie, and 2 more like this

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Number 3 is a bit mis-leading. Titanium Quartz not found in nature, it's regular Quartz that has been treated with rare minerals in a Vacuum Chamber. The Big Crystals being pulled of the clay are at Ron Coleman's mine in Arkansas. Spectacular in their size and clarity with perfect terminations but no Titanium coatings. That happens later in a lab setting.

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Five Cool Rocks Mar 30, 2019 22:24:28 GMT -5 1dave likes this

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Mar 30, 2019 18:30:53 GMT -5 HankRocks said:

Number 3 is a bit mis-leading. Titanium Quartz not found in nature, it's regular Quartz that has been treated with rare minerals in a Vacuum Chamber. The Big Crystals being pulled of the clay are at Ron Coleman's mine in Arkansas. Spectacular in their size and clarity with perfect terminations but no Titanium coatings. That happens later in a lab setting.

That's what I thought, too! I thought maybe I was wrong and some occurred naturally.

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Five Cool Rocks Mar 31, 2019 5:47:51 GMT -5 rockjunquie and 1dave like this

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Mar 30, 2019 22:24:28 GMT -5 rockjunquie said:

Mar 30, 2019 18:30:53 GMT -5 HankRocks said:

Number 3 is a bit mis-leading. Titanium Quartz not found in nature, it's regular Quartz that has been treated with rare minerals in a Vacuum Chamber. The Big Crystals being pulled of the clay are at Ron Coleman's mine in Arkansas. Spectacular in their size and clarity with perfect terminations but no Titanium coatings. That happens later in a lab setting.

That's what I thought, too! I thought maybe I was wrong and some occurred naturally.

You do find a lot of the crystals in Arkansas stained with Iron, and even Manganese(I think). The Iron rich clay can leave a yellowish/brownish stain and in some cases produce a faint rainbow iridescence on the surface. Sometimes if the coating is even I will leave it on as some folks like the "Golden Healer" look to them. I did get into a pocket about 10 years back that had the best Golden Healer look to them. Except for the fact that I pulled them out of the vein myself, one would swear that they had been to the Lab.

I think there is about 4 or 5 different coatings that they can apply to quartz in the Lab. It does produce really nice pieces, it is also expensive to do. Considered it but I would have to double and triple my prices to recover the cost does include shipping both ways and the process.

There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.