Emerald (?) ocean find

ssama2

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Jan 2, 2015
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These stones were found at a depth of 12 meters in south Taiwan near a coastal city Kaohsiung. If possible, please identify the green stones, their origin has been perplexing me for almost 7 years now. The resolution is at maximum since the photo was taken in 2006 using a cheap camera. Your help in this is much appreciated, if you are interested, I will tell you the exact spot where we found these ! Thank you for attention,
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Bajahunter

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Hard to tell from your photo.
Can you do a hardness test? Try to scratch it with a known piece of quartz.
If quartz doesn't scratch it they might be emerald it it does scratch it it might be jade.
 

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ssama2

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Thank you for the advice, the samples are lost by now, I was hoping it is possible to determine the kind by just this photo.
 

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