Does anyone recognize this stone? The color is similar to canned peas. They measure about .75" long. I got these at the Tucson show but forgot what they are. Now that I've made them into jewelry I need to ID it.
Thanks in advance.
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Post subject: Re: Does anyone recognize this stone?
Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2014 11:28 am
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Juki, is there no additional information that you can supply? Hardness, cleavage, specific gravity, solubility to acids?
To recap: CSI: Colored Stone Identification Have a gem you need help identifying? Post it here, provided you can give us more information than just a picture: RI, SG, Optic Character, Pleochroism, etc.
You're not getting a lot of responses because it's showing a pretty odd crystal form. From color and time context alone I might guess that it's some of that new find of green kyanite, but that crystal form is wonky.
As Barbra says, more information is required for a serious identification of an unknown. A good image demonstrating distinctive crystal form is sometimes sufficient for a tentative but relatively solid identification, but in this case that isn't helping.
Post subject: Re: Does anyone recognize this stone?
Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2014 1:11 pm
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I appreciate all the effort!
Sorry I don't have a bone to throw because I don't know those aspects of gemstones I wasn't sure a gem site was a hopeful place to id this stone. I think I need to find a mineral site for identifying this stone. If I do find out I will come back and post it here.
Post subject: Re: Does anyone recognize this stone?
Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2014 6:15 pm
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This would be a wild guess just from those pics, but does the name "stilbite" rings a bell? I'm fishing for something like: "Ahhhh, the vendor said something similar to that!". Or not.
Post subject: Re: Does anyone recognize this stone?
Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2014 2:11 pm
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maialetto wrote:
This would be a wild guess just from those pics, but does the name "stilbite" rings a bell? I'm fishing for something like: "Ahhhh, the vendor said something similar to that!". Or not.
I do have and make rings out of stilbite. Pictured below is one of them.
These were in bins and they were marked. I just have a blank out as I seem to have more and more. Most of the time the lost info never comes back.
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