Second opinion

[USTiger]

Second opinion Please .. i Trust GoldFever 100% but i want to be sure....

What are those .. they have a Light blue color and are clear .. they each way 5 grams and are very nice.

I found them in a bucket from Ruby City in North Carolina

USTiger

 

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[Eu_citzen]

I always ask the same questions.
Hardness?
Streak? (probably not)
to me they look white transparent.

Could be quartz dunno hard to say.

 

[USTiger]

I always ask the same questions.
Hardness?
Streak? (probably not)
to me they look white transparent.

Could be quartz dunno hard to say.

I still dont have a way to check hardness..
They look White Transparent due to the flashlight under it.. trust me they are blue'ish

USTiger

 

[Eu_citzen]

Oh I see, I prefer to take pics in the sun gives a better pic. Or make sure they look the smae in the pics and in reality, experiment.
https://minerox.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=product.display&Product_ID=1787&CFID=20342&CFTOKEN=44101036

There are other kits to test hardness to.

 

[goldinmypan]

Of course you have way to check for hardness.. Scratch with the tip of a knife. If dosent scratch do it the other way around. should scratch the the knife. Next try to scratch with a piece of quarts and vice versa. Next use a diamond ring. Should see a scratch somewhere in there and that will give you an idea of hardness.

 

[allen_idaho]

They could be flawed and highly cloudy sapphires with poor color OR bits of quartz.

 

[Eu_citzen]

Hardness of a few things household things:
Finger nail 2.5
copper penny 3.5
Knife 5.5
quartz 7

Those are some normal things...

 

[Red_desert]

They could be flawed and highly cloudy sapphires with poor color OR bits of quartz.

I have a couple cut white Sapphires. They are used as diamond substitutes and can be brilliant white, cut ones look just like a Diamond.

 

[TRHunter]

Another way, is to use them, to scratch something. Try scratching glass if they scratch glass they are over 6 on moh if they do not then pos they are are florite which is 4 the pos are Quartz 7 or if you can scratch quartz they might be Aqua a beryl same as emerald 8 or corundum which is ruby /sapphire 9. The mohs scale is not incrimental it is based solely on what mineral can scratch what mineral. So diamond which is 10 is about twice as hard as ruby which is 9. Good luck nice looking stones.

 

[Odin]

I've got a bucket from Emerald City in NC, that looks to be quartz to me. I have lots of it from that bucket. Also, many flashlights today have a blue color to the beam..try sunlight or a white LED light.