Want to show a chunk of clear Beryl i found the other day.

[G Freeman]

The clarity of this is amazing. Even without the blue sky shining through I can see a trace of blue in the crystal. Weight 600 Grams. Thanks for looking.

 

[shaman15771]

WOW! That's quite a piece of howlite. Good going Freeman !

 

[BurntBear]

I don't even have words for that...

 

[G Freeman]

WOW! That's quite a piece of howlite. Good going Freeman !

Thanks for reply shaman but don't see Howlite as it is only 3.5 on Mohs scale. This piece is really hard.

 

[BurntBear]

Colorless Beryl is called Goshenite.

 

[Eu_citzen]

That is a HUGE piece. Nice and gemmy, to! You should consider having some pieces cut, now that would be cool.

 

[rodoconnor]

A USDA Prime beauty !

 

[Jim in Idaho]

Gorgeous piece. It should fluoresce weakly under UV....either pale yellow, or pink in both SW & LW, or possibly white in LW only.
Jim

 

[shaman15771]

Sorry! My mistake, I meant goshinite.

 

[G Freeman]

Sorry! My mistake, I meant goshinite.

Hey man I do that myself quite a bit. You are not too far from me. Happy Hunting.

 

[DeepseekerADS]

Great find Glenn! And you found that just a mountain (or two) away from me!

 

[DDancer]

I think shaman was howling about it
Excellent stone there if you test it for fluorescence see if you can get a pic.

 

[shaman15771]

Cute DD LOL

 

[G Freeman]

Great find Glenn! And you found that just a mountain (or two) away from me!

That's right DeepseekerADS If it is here it should be down your way too.

 

[yakker]

That's just amazing. Question: as a total amature, how would I be able to tell the difference between regular old quartz and that? Or something else like that? I'm finding clear stone in Nelson Co. which I assumed was quartz. But now I'm uncertain. I'll try to post pics on a new thread. Thanks in advance for an tips. HH! Yakker

 

[BurntBear]

Identifying crystal structure will help a lot. Check out this link:

Crystal Systems

Also, seeing rough specimens of crystals will help you too. Here is a link to all sorts of rough gemstones:

http://prettyrock.com/php/inventory-contents.php?textonly=yes

The above site has technical difficulties sometimes. If the link doesn't work, try waiting a bit and click it again.

 

[yakker]

Thank you very much BurntBear- I'll check both sites out and see what I can figure out. Yakker

 

[G Freeman]

That's just amazing. Question: as a total amature, how would I be able to tell the difference between regular old quartz and that? Or something else like that? I'm finding clear stone in Nelson Co. which I assumed was quartz. But now I'm uncertain. I'll try to post pics on a new thread. Thanks in advance for an tips. HH! Yakker

Hello yakker. You can do a home Specific gravity test and a hardness test. Those will give a close idea of what it is. If you have a piece of quartz and got to be quartz then if it does not scratch a stone then its got to be harder than quartz which is 7 hardness on Mohs scale. The Goshenite I tested is 7.5 to 8 hardness. Hope this helps and there are those on here that can tell you more than I can on this subject. I am sure they will chime in and help you.

 

[G Freeman]

Thank you very much BurntBear- I'll check both sites out and see what I can figure out. Yakker

BruntBear is one to listen to. He has helped me a lot.

 

[yakker]

Hello yakker. You can do a home Specific gravity test and a hardness test. Those will give a close idea of what it is. If you have a piece of quartz and got to be quartz then if it does not scratch a stone then its got to be harder than quartz which is 7 hardness on Mohs scale. The Goshenite I tested is 7.5 to 8 hardness. Hope this helps and there are those on here that can tell you more than I can on this subject. I am sure they will chime in and help you.

So, if I understand correctly, I take a piece of known quartz and try to scratch the piece I'm unsure of? If it leaves a mark, the suspect piece is softer (or the same as?) quartz. If it doesn't leave a mark, it's a harder mineral (and I'd have to figure out exactly which 'harder mineral' it was at that point). Do I have this right? Thanks again-- Yakker