Want to show a chunk of clear Beryl i found the other day.

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G Freeman

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The clarity of this is amazing. Even without the blue sky shining through I can see a trace of blue in the crystal. Weight 600 Grams. Thanks for looking. Clear Beryl and Amythest 013.JPGClear Beryl and Amythest 014.JPGClear Beryl and Amythest 015.JPGClear Beryl and Amythest 016.JPGClear Beryl and Amythest 017.JPG
 

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That is a HUGE piece. Nice and gemmy, to! You should consider having some pieces cut, now that would be cool.
 

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Gorgeous piece. It should fluoresce weakly under UV....either pale yellow, or pink in both SW & LW, or possibly white in LW only.
Jim
 

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Great find Glenn! And you found that just a mountain (or two) away from me!
 

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I think shaman was howling about it ;)
Excellent stone there :thumbsup: if you test it for fluorescence see if you can get a pic.
 

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That's just amazing. Question: as a total amature, how would I be able to tell the difference between regular old quartz and that? Or something else like that? I'm finding clear stone in Nelson Co. which I assumed was quartz. But now I'm uncertain. I'll try to post pics on a new thread. Thanks in advance for an tips. HH! Yakker
 

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Thank you very much BurntBear- I'll check both sites out and see what I can figure out. ;) Yakker
 

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yakker said:
That's just amazing. Question: as a total amature, how would I be able to tell the difference between regular old quartz and that? Or something else like that? I'm finding clear stone in Nelson Co. which I assumed was quartz. But now I'm uncertain. I'll try to post pics on a new thread. Thanks in advance for an tips. HH! Yakker
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Hello yakker. You can do a home Specific gravity test and a hardness test. Those will give a close idea of what it is. If you have a piece of quartz and got to be quartz then if it does not scratch a stone then its got to be harder than quartz which is 7 hardness on Mohs scale. The Goshenite I tested is 7.5 to 8 hardness. Hope this helps and there are those on here that can tell you more than I can on this subject. I am sure they will chime in and help you.
 

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G Freeman said:
Hello yakker. You can do a home Specific gravity test and a hardness test. Those will give a close idea of what it is. If you have a piece of quartz and got to be quartz then if it does not scratch a stone then its got to be harder than quartz which is 7 hardness on Mohs scale. The Goshenite I tested is 7.5 to 8 hardness. Hope this helps and there are those on here that can tell you more than I can on this subject. I am sure they will chime in and help you.
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So, if I understand correctly, I take a piece of known quartz and try to scratch the piece I'm unsure of? If it leaves a mark, the suspect piece is softer (or the same as?) quartz. If it doesn't leave a mark, it's a harder mineral (and I'd have to figure out exactly which 'harder mineral' it was at that point). Do I have this right? Thanks again-- Yakker
 

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Can anyone tell me what this is?

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