Yellow Sapphires or?

[Jewel of the Nile]

What do you guys think?

 

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[Jewel of the Nile]

What about the clear stones? They are too shiny to be quartz.

 

[Turkısh Man]

Saphires hardnes-9, quartz hardnes-7, need hardnes test.

 

[Eu_citzen]

I think we have a very fine example of Blurryite right here.

A simple hardness test, as Turkish suggested will narrow down possibilities. Do you know from where the stones are?

 

[Jewel of the Nile]

I know they are harder than quartz. They were able to scratch agate. Both the yellow and the clear. They appear to be 2 different types of gems though. Sorry about the photos. It was the best I could do with my phone cam at the time. Found them in Northern Egypt, coastal region.

 

[Jewel of the Nile]

Also, Idk if this helps, but the clear and yellow stones seem to be of the same hardness bc they won't scratch each other. The yellow stones are what is puzzling me the most though. I have never seen anything like them before. They are really shiny, almost as if there is a light inside them. The clear stones, a lot of them have a fire to them, like a flash of rainbow colors deep inside. Almost opalescent.

 

[marinedad]

possible citrine, for the yellow ones, possible topaz on the clearer ones.

 

[smokeythecat]

It's not likely, but see if they will scratch a sapphire.

 

[StoneWhisper]

My suggestion.. try standing back away from the stones when taking images.. one can always zoom in after uploading (using the image software)

As for the stones themselves.. could be yellow sapphire.. However I feel that are yellow Topaz allong with the other (clear) stones.. many of them appear to be more rounded which to me is an indecation of the topaz.. So if its a yellow topaz.. you've got a few great samples. Maybe time to think about facet cutting the stones.. which can only add to its value.

 

[Jewel of the Nile]

Thanks for your advice and replies. I also thought the clear ones may have been topaz. The yellow ones are just too different. They have to be something else. Unfortunately I don't have anything other than diamond or quartz to do the scratch test on.

Do you think a jeweler could tell me for sure what they are? Or maybe the geology dept. in a university? Where could I go to get them identified?

 

[StoneWhisper]

Now your on the right track.. check with your local gem and minerals groups.. or local listings for gem/mineral shows.. and of course the universitys as a last resort.

 

[Jewel of the Nile]

Thank you stonewhisper. I guess I will have to wait until I get back to the states to find out, bc people here seem to have no knowledge of rough stones. I tried the jewelers here before, and they said they only knew about faceted gems. Never saw any gem shows here or anything like that either.

 

[StoneWhisper]

Follow Up:

Again I feel that the clear stones/crystals are topaz.. and at one time felt that the yellow crystals where also.. However, over night I've changed my mind ont he yellow crystals.. I belive what you have is "Golden Beryl" still and excelent find.. and worth facting.

 

[Eu_citzen]

Looking at them, they have a glassy or opaline kind of look. The yellowish ones. Break open an edge to see the lustre.
Topaz has perfect cleavage and will break spotlessly. Opal will break looking like a mussel, with a glassy surface - the same as glass.

The more transparent ones may be topaz though, or quartz, or...