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 Post subject: Can someone please help with these tumbled stones?
PostPosted: Tue May 18, 2021 7:18 am 
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I was wondering if I could please get some help identifying some stones? I was sent a parcel of assorted tumbled stones as a gift. I was able to identify some myself, but these last five have got me stumped. I'm just a bit of a novice collector, so my knowledge at this point is limited. I would really appreciate any help I could get :)
I'll add a photo, but I'll also give a small description of each stone if that helps. I did work out their specific gravity, but so far that's only told me what they're not :-|

-1st stone is white, opaque, and the surface feels kinda rubbery to touch. It's got a couple of small, pale yellow splodges on the surface. The specific gravity I got for it was 2.83.

-2nd stone is a somewhat yellowish white, and is smooth to touch. It's sort of translucent, but the inside is all cloudy so you can't really see through it. Specific gravity is 2.64. It seems like maybe a quartz of some kind? But I'm not sure.

-3rd stone is a light peach colour, orangish-pink. It feels smooth and glassy. Like the previous stone, this one is translucent, but not fully transparent. It has sections of slightly lighter and darker pink. The inside seems to have white-ish and light orange stripes/lines. The specific gravity I got was 2.62.

-4th stone is mostly black, but its got some dark grey bands going across it. Upon close inspection, it's covered in tiny grey specks that seem to form vague lines along it. It's opaque, and the surface feels just slightly rubbery. When I shine my phone light on it, the surface has a pretty cool reflective sheen on it. Specific gravity is 2.35. This is the one I'm most curious about.

-5th stone is a pale red. Actually, when you look close, it seems more like the body of the stone is clear and transparent. But it has an absolute ton of thin, light red lines going across the entire thing on the inside. They're bunched close together, all going in straight lines in the same direction. That makes the stone look like it's red all over. It feels smooth to touch, and its specific gravity is 2.21.

Thanks in advance if anyone can help me :-D


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I would guess the top three are quartz, probably glass on the one and a banded aggregate of some sort on the dark stone.

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PostPosted: Thu May 20, 2021 8:05 am 
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Thanks for the reply :D That's good to know


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If you are quite certain about the accuracy of your SG results. we need more info on the bottom 3.


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Does the dark one have a sheen?


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I'm still new to all this, so I'm not 100% sure it's accurate :( But I did test a few stones I already knew, using the same method, just to check. And they all got the right numbers.
I don't really have any more information about them, but I did try to take some better pictures. I hope that at least helps a bit


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Let's presume your SGs are correct.
More information is needed for positive identification.
Do you have any other instruments?


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dchallener wrote:
Does the dark one have a sheen?


Yeah, it does :)

Barbra Voltaire, FGG wrote:
Do you have any other instruments?


I don't :( Sorry.


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