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Turtlesnake10 YaBB Newbies Offline RockHoundLounger Posts: 5 Joined: May 1^st, 2018 Gender:	Here's a couple that I need help with May 2^nd, 2018 at 7:36am	Print Post
	All rocks are pretty hard, rock #1 cannot be scratched by Quartz, rock number two can get a small nick in it from Quartz, an rock 3 can't be scratched by Quartz. By the way I suck at scratching things with Quartz, so I may be wrong on some of my information.

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JMB1989 Junior Member Offline RockHoundLounger Posts: 83 Joined: Apr 15^th, 2018 Gender:	Re: Here's a couple that I need help with Reply #1 - May 2^nd, 2018 at 7:54am	Print Post
	My guesses. 1. Corrundum 2. Jade could be Chert but my heart says Jade. 3. Apatite? It should scratch with quartz though. I am not an expert at tumbled or polished material by any means. Someone please correct me.


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JoeM God Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 4384 Location: Wake County, NC Joined: Sep 30^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Here's a couple that I need help with Reply #2 - May 2^nd, 2018 at 4:28pm	Print Post
	Yes, once a stone has been tumbled or polished it is very hard to do a scratch test on it. Also, polished stones have had all the tell-tale natural characteristics removed or smoothed over, so essentially you are left with nothing but a visual means of identification. Because of that I would suggest, if your whole collection are these tumbled stones, that you go to one of the many sites on the internet that sell tumbled stones and browse thru their inventory until you find a match for your stones. Guesses, #1 Charoite? 2. ? 3. Lorimar?


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Dude Full Member Offline RockHoundLounger Posts: 151 Joined: Jul 4^th, 2017 Gender:	Re: Here's a couple that I need help with Reply #3 - May 2^nd, 2018 at 6:32pm	Print Post
	Could no 2 be aquatine calcite? They are all beautiful anyway. Chariote would be my bet for no 1 too as joe said


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JMB1989 Junior Member Offline RockHoundLounger Posts: 83 Joined: Apr 15^th, 2018 Gender:	Re: Here's a couple that I need help with Reply #4 - May 2^nd, 2018 at 7:00pm	Print Post
	Charoite does look pretty spot on for number one. Good call on that one Joe.


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JoeM God Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 4384 Location: Wake County, NC Joined: Sep 30^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Here's a couple that I need help with Reply #5 - May 2^nd, 2018 at 8:10pm	Print Post
	Calcite would be a good guess for #2, dude. Pretty piece. I don't think #3 is Lorimar, but don't have any other good guess right now.


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Turtlesnake10 YaBB Newbies Offline RockHoundLounger Posts: 5 Joined: May 1^st, 2018 Gender:	Re: Here's a couple that I need help with Reply #6 - May 2^nd, 2018 at 8:14pm	Print Post
	Thanks guys! I really needed to know what the first one was so thank you so much.


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Buckshot Full Member Offline RockHoundLounger Posts: 113 Location: Western North Carolina Joined: Jan 7^th, 2014 Gender:	Re: Here's a couple that I need help with Reply #7 - May 2^nd, 2018 at 9:51pm	Print Post
	Number 3 looks somewhat similar to ruby on zoisite.


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Dude Full Member Offline RockHoundLounger Posts: 151 Joined: Jul 4^th, 2017 Gender:	Re: Here's a couple that I need help with Reply #8 - May 3^rd, 2018 at 6:51am	Print Post
	It does have that beautiful larimar colour, but I too don’t think it’s larimar, colour also found in blue aragonite, hemimorphite... but I don’t think it’s those either! Stumped completely and wouldn’t put money on any guesses for this one.


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Laurie Adams Junior Member Offline RockHoundLounger Posts: 95 Location: Denton, NC Joined: Apr 25^th, 2018 Gender:	Re: Here's a couple that I need help with Reply #9 - May 3^rd, 2018 at 10:19am	Print Post
	If I had to guess, i'd say chrysocolla for the last one.


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