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Unidentified crystals on hematite

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Amanda Hawkins

Unidentified crystals on hematite
November 06, 2009 09:26PM

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Hello all!

The first photo shows a raised up red triangular gemmy crystal - no idea what it is! (1.5mm)

There are also a couple of sparkly clearish double terminated crystals growing in the 'crease', that appear to have a coating of hematite partly. approx 4mm long. The crystals appear to have a flat facet around the middle of the crystal. (Sorry, not very technical!)

Amanda

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Rob Woodside

Re: Unidentified crystals on hematite
November 06, 2009 09:34PM

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The small triagular xl is also hematite in parallel growth with the main xl. The white looks like quartz?

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Amanda Hawkins

Re: Unidentified crystals on hematite
November 06, 2009 10:56PM

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Thanks rob! is topaz possible on hematite? I've got topaz on the brain at the moment ...

Amanda

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Spencer Ivan Mather

Re: Unidentified crystals on hematite
November 07, 2009 04:06PM

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No Amanda, Rob has got it right, the first is deffinately a smaller hematite crystal and the bigger one is Quartz.

Spencer.

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Amanda Hawkins

Re: Unidentified crystals on hematite
November 07, 2009 07:13PM

Registered: 2 years ago
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Thanks Spencer, much appreciated.
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