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Author: | maialetto [ Mon Jan 25, 2010 10:02 am ] |
Post subject: | Ehm... topaz? |
A fantastic collector item! A white topaz crystal point... Click here Am I the only one noticing something strange? |
Author: | yogiman [ Tue Jan 26, 2010 2:43 pm ] |
Post subject: | Ehm... topaz? |
Doesn't have anything to do with the piece having five faces does it? |
Author: | Pedro [ Tue Jan 26, 2010 9:43 pm ] |
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for the shape looks like quartz , but for color looks more like calcite |
Author: | gsellis [ Tue Jan 26, 2010 11:03 pm ] |
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The color is consistant with water worn topaz and matches pieces of pebble rough I have. But the crystal does look a little quartz-ie. |
Author: | Lourdes [ Wed Jan 27, 2010 4:58 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Ehm... topaz? |
maialetto wrote: A fantastic collector item! A white topaz crystal point...
Click here Am I the only one noticing something strange? I am just a beginner but my first impression was quartz....... |
Author: | gingerkid [ Wed Jan 27, 2010 7:16 pm ] |
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that's what i thought, too, is it quartz and not topaz, maialetto? |
Author: | maialetto [ Thu Jan 28, 2010 5:19 am ] |
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It definitely looks like quartz to me. The hexagonal prism and the termination don't look very compatible with topaz symm. But after all it's just a (reasonable) guess from a picture of a worn crystal... but I'd bet quartz against topaz 100:1 |
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