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        <title>Brown/Green Smooth Shiny - Help?</title>
        <description> I just purchased this necklace from an estate sale for $1.50. I'm pretty excited about it. But after doing some research, I can't find out what the stone is. I thought maybe petrified wood, but it doesn't have rings, and it does have the green. Anyone have an idea? I'd sure be grateful. :) I wish I could provide more information about it, but I'm really pretty clueless. If you need any more info, let me know.

Thanks!</description>
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            <title>Re: Brown/Green Smooth Shiny - Help?</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ Rock currier and everyone who said my pictures are bad: it looks exactly like the picture. Coloring and everything. As far as focus goes, I don't know what to say about that. If by transparent you mean you can see through it, you can't see through it at whatsoever.]]></description>
            <dc:creator>britty</dc:creator>
            <category>Identity Help</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 17:31:02 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title>Re: Brown/Green Smooth Shiny - Help?</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ The stone in your picture is substantially out of focus, and the lighting is I fear giving the stone a false color. It also appears to be somewhat transparent. Could you take a picture of it in regular sunlight against a piece of white paper? Make sure the image is in focus.]]></description>
            <dc:creator>Rock Currier</dc:creator>
            <category>Identity Help</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 09:33:56 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title>Re: Brown/Green Smooth Shiny - Help?</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ FYI - Jasper is a variety of chalcedony which is a variety of quartz.  The piece you have shows typical jasper colours, possibly bloodstone. It could also just be quartz/agate as well.  This is a very common type of tumbled stone. Please note that there are many types of jasper and some that are called jasper are not true jaspers, just to make it confusing.  <br />
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Hope this helps.<br />
regards,<br />
stephanie :-)<br />
<br />
a place to start - link to info on jasper:<br />
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[<a href="http://www.mindat.org/min-2082.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" >www.mindat.org</a>]]]></description>
            <dc:creator>Stephanie Martin</dc:creator>
            <category>Identity Help</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 23:51:30 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title>Re: Brown/Green Smooth Shiny - Help?</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ Thank you very much, Craig. I will do some research on which variety of quartz it is. I have somewhere to start from now. Yes, it was a great deal. I think the chain is gold too! I have to check, though.]]></description>
            <dc:creator>Britty</dc:creator>
            <category>Identity Help</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 22:31:12 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title>Re: Brown/Green Smooth Shiny - Help?</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ Hi Britty, welcome to mindat. What you have is a variety of quartz, and an extremely nice one at that, especially for the bargain price of $1.50. Congratulations my friend, and goodluck.<br />
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Kindest regards,<br />
Craig.]]></description>
            <dc:creator>Craig Mercer</dc:creator>
            <category>Identity Help</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 21:36:56 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title>Re: Brown/Green Smooth Shiny - Help?</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ Most times, it is not possible to positively ID a stone from a photo. In the case of your photos, I think that this is doubly true.  Do a little local research an find your nearest mineral/gem club and show the stone to them? Or a museum that has a mineralology section?<br />
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Sorry not to be more helpful.]]></description>
            <dc:creator>Owen Lewis</dc:creator>
            <category>Identity Help</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 20:30:24 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title>Re: Brown/Green Smooth Shiny - Help?</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ My first impression looks to be some type of jasper, however the indoor lighting in the photo is too yellow to get a good perception of the colour. Try taking a photo in natural light either near a bright window or outside. <br />
<br />
regards,<br />
stephanie]]></description>
            <dc:creator>Stephanie Martin</dc:creator>
            <category>Identity Help</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 19:02:31 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title>Brown/Green Smooth Shiny - Help?</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ I just purchased this necklace from an estate sale for $1.50. I'm pretty excited about it. But after doing some research, I can't find out what the stone is. I thought maybe petrified wood, but it doesn't have rings, and it does have the green. Anyone have an idea? I'd sure be grateful. :) I wish I could provide more information about it, but I'm really pretty clueless. If you need any more info, let me know.<br />
<br />
Thanks!]]></description>
            <dc:creator>britty</dc:creator>
            <category>Identity Help</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 17:36:37 +0000</pubDate>
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