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Trying to ID the materials here with the mineral ID by properties page;

8th Apr 2009

OK so here we go Name or part is; Spherulite - means nothing!
Hardness: 7-8.5
Lustre: Sub-vetreous, Earthy, Dull
transparency: translucent to opaque
Cleavage: none observed
Fracture: Hackley
Crystal System: Amorphous, Spherulitic, Spherulite, arcular,
Colour: Red, Reddish Brown, Peach,
Chemistry: Si, O, AL, Mg, Fe, Ca, Na, Ph, K

Found in beach cobbles in California.




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