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 Post subject: Mystery Specimen
PostPosted: Tue Aug 23, 2022 9:40 pm 
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Got these pics in my email today.
Any ideas?
Looks slaggy to me.


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 Post subject: Re: Mystery Specimen
PostPosted: Wed Aug 24, 2022 2:24 pm 
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I agree that slag seems like the best candidate. Maybe white opal or possibly milky quartz, though the layering makes the latter seem quite unlikely.

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Looks similar to some Peruvian Opal where the color band transitions from the pink to white. Where in this case it is a dirty pink.

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Kind of similar.

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That's pretty stuff,


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 Post subject: Re: Mystery Specimen
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Have you seen it in person?


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Love working with it.

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The pics I posted?
Nope.
If I had, I could have identified it.....probably, maybe, possibly. :wink:


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