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 Post subject: please!!the help of an expert about a stone I find it strang
PostPosted: Sat Mar 30, 2019 6:33 pm 
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hello.
sorry I am not an expert.
Please I want the help of an expert to know the name of this stone and especially its value. This stone is more than 50 years old to pull from a mountain in Africa precisely the north of the Africa Morocco.
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 30, 2019 7:45 pm 
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I mobed tjis topic, it is not a forum announcement.
Normally we can't ID a specimen from a photo, but based on the distinctive crystal form, inclusions and overall look I'd say this is quartz with included sprays of goethite.

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It looks like geodes, quartz geodes


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Isn't there a difference between druse and geode?
I would say quartz druse (with goethite).

Price? Maybe 10 USD per kilogram on a mineral fair?
It depends how rare the found piece from a special locality is.
I do not know special mineral prices from Morocco.

For mineral collectors, however, it is important to know the exact source for example "Tichka Massif, High Atlas Mtn, Morocco" or others. Maybe you know the name of the mountain? Perhaps mindat https://www.mindat.org/locentries.php?m=3337&p=7571 will help you with region and province and district.


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I don't think exact locale is important for a sample of this quality. This year I bought a box of flats of Moroccan quartz plates for 70 dollars, shich had maybe 100 nice plates in it of various kinds. For that quality just Morocco is probably sufficient.

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