Euclase??

[gemsnmore38]

This is my first post here. I found these gemstones hiding among emerald rough. The only conclusion I have come up with is euclase which is fairly rare. Any ideas??

 

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[BurntBear]

Hmm, did you buy an Emerald parcel and they were mixed in with it? -Luke

By the way, Welcome to TreasureNet!

 

[gemsnmore38]

Yes I bought emerald rough from a mine. I have been doing this for some time and have never found these before.

 

[thehunter123]

Blue apatite possibly? Euclase is usually a much lighter colored blue... You might want to do some research on the specific area you are searching to determine the geological makeup of the area. Anyway, beautiful finds!

 

[BurntBear]

If you can perform a specific gravity test, that would be an easy identification because Euclase has a S.G. of right around 3.0.

If those are Euclase crystals; they came from one of two places: Zimbabwe or possibly Columbia. Those are the only two occurrences of Euclase of that color saturation that I'm aware of.

 

[gemsnmore38]

It came from North Carolina emerald rough. Out of 50 pounds these little guys were hiding.

 

[BurntBear]

Try a hardness test or S.G. test. I agree with it could be Apatite.

 

[gemsnmore38]

does apatite come out of NC?

 

[BurntBear]

Yes.

 

[Eu_citzen]

Apatite seems like a reasonable idea to check up on.