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Apr 17, 2011, 05:37 PM
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 The Cesspool
This should be an easy ID for someone in the know
I picked this up recently at a garage sale along with some other specimens, mostly quartz crystals and a couple geodes. This piece is 3 inches tall and 5 inches wide and has brown opaque six sided structures coming to a point. Any ideas, I can't find my Identification guide at the moment. Any ideas?
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Apr 18, 2011, 01:22 AM
#2
 Aren't modern day maps gr8
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Apr 18, 2011, 01:39 AM
#3
Tuberale
Re: This should be an easy ID for someone in the know
Not calcite, which is often transluscent.
Rather barite, I believe. Sometimes referred to as a "Desert Rose". The crystals in your specimen are slightly more defined than most.
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Apr 18, 2011, 02:35 PM
#4
Re: This should be an easy ID for someone in the know
The specimen is calcite. It is the crystal shape commonly called "dog-tooth spar".
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Apr 18, 2011, 04:39 PM
#5
The Cesspool
Re: This should be an easy ID for someone in the know
Okay i've been researching your answers and the only thing I can find that looks like my specimen is a brown calcite cluster that is in a collection owned by Hershel Friedman at The Mineral and Gemstone Kingdom
http://www.minerals.net/mineral/calc...8/Calcite.aspx.
Thanks for the help you all. 
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Apr 18, 2011, 06:11 PM
#6
Tuberale
Re: This should be an easy ID for someone in the know
I think you are right, diggummup. I believe my suggest is wrong. I searched online for barite desert rose, and the crystal structures do not look at all like your photo. My bad.
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Apr 18, 2011, 06:36 PM
#7
The Cesspool
Re: This should be an easy ID for someone in the know
 Originally Posted by Tuberale
I think you are right, diggummup. I believe my suggest is wrong. I searched online for barite desert rose, and the crystal structures do not look at all like your photo. My bad.
Hey no problem at all, we're all in this together.
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"A handful of common sense is worth a bushel of learning." Unknown
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May 16, 2011, 08:27 PM
#8
Re: This should be an easy ID for someone in the know
A specimen worthy of a museum to be sure just beautiful!
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May 17, 2011, 06:09 AM
#9
The Cesspool
Re: This should be an easy ID for someone in the know
Originally Posted by Gold_Striker
A specimen worthy of a museum to be sure just beautiful!
You really think so? Thanks.
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May 18, 2011, 06:47 AM
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Jun 09, 2011, 08:25 AM
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Jun 09, 2011, 10:15 AM
#12
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Re: This should be an easy ID for someone in the know
Originally Posted by junkboy
I was thinking a porcupine turd. LOL! 
It is very beautiful diggummup, thanks for sharing. 8)
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I hope this helps. 
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