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Anthropogenic silvers?

by JOAN ABELLA CREUS
19 03/29/2009 02:43AM
Last Post by Alfredo Petrov

How do they do it...!

by Barry Flannery
13 03/23/2009 05:16AM
Last Post by Donald Vaughn

Dumbest questions so far?   (Pages: 1 2)

by Magnus StÄlung
30 03/15/2009 10:59AM
Last Post by Debbie Woolf

Synthetic Malachite?   (Pages: 1 2)

by Russ Nobbs
26 03/11/2009 08:58PM
Last Post by Uwe Kolitsch

Some pictures of fake minerals from Transsylvania

by Udo Behner
17 03/09/2009 07:20PM
Last Post by Udo Behner

Killer manufactured Emerald specimen Attachments

by Stretch Young
16 03/05/2009 04:24AM
Last Post by Stretch Young

questionable palladian gold from IcabarĂș

by Cesar Menor Salvan
11 02/24/2009 06:59AM
Last Post by Pavel Kartashov

Another obvious ebay fake   (Pages: 1 2)

by Steve Hardinger
22 02/23/2009 09:19PM
Last Post by Rob Woodside

Fake Malachite after Aragonite, Video Starring Alfredo Petrov - MinDat Manager

by Justin Zzyzx
2 02/23/2009 07:43PM
Last Post by Maggie Wilson

Red Amethyst????   (Pages: 1 2)

by Kristi Huggins
30 02/21/2009 01:46AM
Last Post by Steve Kittleson

Questionable Cumengeite?

by Ibrahim Jameel
6 02/19/2009 09:47PM
Last Post by Malcolm Alter

cornish silver??

by Caleb
12 02/16/2009 01:04AM
Last Post by Woody Thompson

Pink Rainbow Moonstone

by April Williams
19 02/08/2009 01:37AM
Last Post by Gemdragon

Is this real - looks like glass but I am not an expert

by Bob S
4 02/07/2009 05:17PM
Last Post by Steve Hardinger

FIRE OBSIDIAN GLASS BUTTES OREGON Attachments

by emory coons
6 02/04/2009 06:06PM
Last Post by Emory Coons

copper spinel twin from a smelter?

by Linus Keating
3 02/03/2009 04:14PM
Last Post by Linus Keating

Can allanite be cloned?

by Fred E. Davis
10 02/02/2009 02:43AM
Last Post by Donald Doell

Fake stibiconite ps. stibnite?

by Peter Hargis
11 02/02/2009 01:39AM
Last Post by Gail Spann

Montana sapphires????!

by William C. van Laer
14 01/31/2009 03:10AM
Last Post by Adam Kelly

Vugs stuffed with silver wires-Bull Dog Mine,Creed,Co.

by Brander Robinson
10 01/29/2009 06:56PM
Last Post by Peter Haas


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