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[phantom35]

Black but inside red.Scrsatch glass easy.Thx for help

 

[DDancer]

coloration suggests garnet. What was it polished with?

 

[phantom35]

l havent tools, polish with sandpaper

 

[P.ALLEN]

yeah looks like almandine, hit it with a light and give us a better photo

 

[HilaryM]

Hoping someone can tell me what this rock is. The colour is lovely and wondering what I can do with it? Jewellery perhaps? Many thanks

 

[stdenis_jd]

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Hoping someone can tell me what this rock is. The colour is lovely and wondering what I can do with it? Jewellery perhaps? Many thanks

probably calcite. See if a knife will scratch it. if it does it's calcite, if it doesn't it's probably quartzite.

For future reference, you should start your own thread instead of hijacking someone else's

 

[HilaryM]

probably calcite. See if a knife will scratch it. if it does it's calcite, if it doesn't it's probably quartzite.

For future reference, you should start your own thread instead of hijacking someone else's

Whoops sorry and apologies to phantom35!! For some reason I thought I had!!

 

[DDancer]

phantom, what kind of sand paper? I ask because it will give us an idea of hardness for your specimen.

Hilary, the rock on the left is quartz and as stdenis said a hardness test would be indicative of the other two stones.

 

[HilaryM]

Appreciate the replies, thank you.