I don't know... I'll bet some of Brad's faceting connections might be able to do it. They facet some VERY oddball stuff.
i agree, n00b, lol, mr. brad probably has some on his website or e-bay site-faceted. or will have some in next months inventory.
nice material. at least i can pronounce "mica." one of the mineral websites has audio provided, kinda like how dr. smigel has with her class material, of pronunciations of different materials. would be a great idea for the gemology project. (hint, hint??!!)
..as the great Mr. T once said .. "I pity the fool who try and facet phlogopite"
the last picture is really nice!! very nice the way the light shines through the material. are those needle-like inclusions in the mica? what are they? i've seen pics of the "layers" in mica which will peel. ? is this the same material as muscgovite? am i lost again?
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It's fun to peel...and if you're the first and favorite young granddaughter, you don't even get in trouble when you reduce your grandmother's beautiful huge door-stop specimen to a sparkly pile.
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squeaky wrote:
It's fun to peel...and if you're the first and favorite young granddaughter, you don't even get in trouble when you reduce your grandmother's beautiful huge door-stop specimen to a sparkly pile.
is phlogopite.
why cab a specimen of phlogopite can sell arround colectors for 75-100 dolars ,you will sell the cab for less. and hugly perhaps.and it´s nice in specimen
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I actually saw a faceted gem of this material about 5 years ago at the Spruce Pine, NC show. It was cut by a local faceter and I was quite impressed. I sent some to one of my cutters and he wouldn't touch it even though he faceted some halite for me.
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