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 Post subject: Need help indentifying a gemstone
PostPosted: Fri Jan 26, 2018 11:04 am 
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Greetings, friends!
I have received an egg made of a material resembling agate stone. I am not well-acquainted with gemstones so this is just me throwing my two cents in. It might just be marble or something else entirely.
Can anybody help me determine the exact material and, in case it proves to be agate stone, determine exactly what kind of agate it is?
I have attached a photo of the egg.
Waiting for your reply.
Thank you! :)
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 28, 2018 11:40 am 
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Moved this to the proper category.


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Maybe calcite ?
Or banded agate. But I think more of calcite.
I wouldn't call it a gemstone at any rate.


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Thank you for replying :)


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PostPosted: Tue Jan 30, 2018 3:04 pm 
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onyx?....lick it and tell us what it tastes like


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I quickly googled your suggestion and apparently, geologists do indeed lick rocks. Hoping that you're not messing with me, here is my answer: it has no taste. It tastes like my porcelain mug. Or how I imagine marble would taste like.


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In that case, onyx marble is the commercial name for calcite, but yes stairman, we are thinking of the same material.
The "real" onyx is black chalcedony or banded black and white chalcedony, which of course doesn't apply here.


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I've looked up both calcite and banded agate eggs and the latter is more similar to my egg. Thank you both for kindly answering my question. =D>


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yeah but what does it taste like?


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I replied but my messages are not showing.
It has no taste.


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Agata HB wrote:
I quickly googled your suggestion and apparently, geologists do indeed lick rocks. Hoping that you're not messing with me, here is my answer: it has no taste. It tastes like my porcelain mug. Or how I imagine marble would taste like.

For the record we don't. I don't know what goober keeps putting that in 101 texts and such but taste is neither useful nor particularly safe as a diagnostic tool.

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Stairman, what's up with your rock licking?


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I thought it looked like ice cream or candy






I was kidding... :twisted: .


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