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JmNy

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Got this gem a while ago from a museum and forgot what it was. Please help! 20201003_125721.jpg 20201003_125553.jpg 20201003_125536.jpg 20201003_125512.jpg
 

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Don't even remember from whee it was dug, maybe in isolated locations, throughout the globe?
Really beautiful specimen it is - so, let me run and get my book with the color pics, and maybe match....
Anyway, great find! :icon_thumright:
Maybe the museum can help you out, try jeweler or rock-hound club...?
Welcome to this forum...!
 

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Steve1236

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Kind of looks like malachite with selenite or calcite, how hard is the translucent host, take a steel knife and see if it scratches easily, if its selenite you can scratch it with your fingernail, if it doesn't scratch, scratch what I said and the host is probably quartz. Best I can do from a photo, pretty specimen:icon_thumleft:
 

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JmNy

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Oct 3, 2020
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Don't even remember from whee it was dug, maybe in isolated locations, throughout the globe?
Really beautiful specimen it is - so, let me run and get my book with the color pics, and maybe match....
Anyway, great find! :icon_thumright:
Maybe the museum can help you out, try jeweler or rock-hound club...?
Welcome to this forum...!

Thank you!
 

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JmNy

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Oct 3, 2020
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Kind of looks like malachite with selenite or calcite, how hard is the translucent host, take a steel knife and see if it scratches easily, if its selenite you can scratch it with your fingernail, if it doesn't scratch, scratch what I said and the host is probably quartz. Best I can do from a photo, pretty specimen:icon_thumleft:

I was not able to scratch it with my fingernail but was able to scratch with steel! Thank you!
 

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JmNy

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I'm thinking its quartz with green and purple chlorite! Thank for your help!
 

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Steve1236

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Steel knife shouldn't scratch quartz, I'm thinking calcite with malachite, not sure what the blackish mineral is, maybe manganese but the translucent clear host could be flourite.
 

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JmNy

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Calcite makes more sense. The blackish minerial is actually a really dark purple. The green def seems like it could be malachite
 

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