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PostPosted: Sun Apr 29, 2018 9:24 am 
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What could be this? No action with muratic acid


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PostPosted: Sun Apr 29, 2018 12:22 pm 
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It resembles agate or chalcedony. A hardness test might help narrow the field more.

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PostPosted: Sun Apr 29, 2018 9:59 pm 
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Stephen Challener wrote:
It resembles agate or chalcedony. A hardness test might help narrow the field more.


Sitting atop a hand knit scarf: positive ID. =D> =D> =D>


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PostPosted: Tue May 01, 2018 7:43 am 
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How can I do the hardness test, considering I do not own any devices for that?
Thanks for your reply


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Watch this video: :D


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Barbra Voltaire wrote:
Watch this video: :D

Thanks for this video clip ... it's really useful, I hope that I will be able to apply some of this :wink:


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Practice, practice, practice!

You'll get it. :wink:


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Barbra Voltaire wrote:
Practice, practice, practice!

You'll get it. :wink:

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