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 Post subject: any help with identifying this?
PostPosted: Tue Dec 25, 2018 7:48 pm 
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I got this as a gift, and out of curiosity I was wondering if anyone knew what the stone it’s made out of is? It’s about two inches along each edge and quite heavy, thanks in advance for any help (:
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 Post subject: Re: any help with identifying this?
PostPosted: Wed Dec 26, 2018 8:59 pm 
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It looks like banded aragonite often know by the misnomer Mexican onyx.


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Barbra Voltaire wrote:
It looks like banded aragonite often know by the misnomer Mexican onyx.

This.

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