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Enhydro Aquamarine Crystal from Afghanistan

Exceptionally big bubble with some other particles frequently moving

u/Ok_Tart290 — 21 hours ago
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What are these yellow growths on my Columbian blue smoke quartz?

I know it's likely iron related but curious if anyone knows what type of iron oxide I'm looking at - zoom in closely and you'll see what looks almost like a hematite rosette - but yellow. Limonite? No idea here.

And the white balls inside are... Cristobalite IIRC - is that correct? I know about the Tyndall effect and what causes the "smoke" just would like to have the other minerals here correct. Thanks for any help!

u/slogginhog — 3 days ago
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amethyst on fluorite, nigeria

cluster of amethyst crystal points that grew on a fluorite crystal, from Akwana Deposit, Nigeria. you can see the fluorite from the bottom, but i didnt turn it over in the video. maybe i'll add a pic to the comments

u/Rustic-String3589 — 5 days ago
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Help love along.

Hello Rockhounds! I plan on proposing Thursday or Friday in China Spring. I live in Fort Worth. My bride to be is a lifelong rockhound and her garage is full of rocks, minerals, fossils and more. In fact we are going on a tour of the National Parks in the Southwest. Anyway, I have three small geodes that I would like to slice open and see if a wedding ring would fit into one of them. I’m going to place them out by the fire pit that I built for her and let her discover them along with a long letter that I’ve written. I was wondering if someone might be able to help me and Iove a long a bit and cut them open? Chuck 520-982-8014.

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u/Southern_Tackle966 — 4 days ago
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Looking for specimen boxes - Canada

Hi everyone! I'm looking to find some different sizes specimen boxes like this to store my specimens. Thing is, I live in Canada and all retailers I could find were from the US or Europe, making the shipping cost higher than the order itself. Anyone knows of canadian suppliers or sellers for these types of boxes?

u/overnightstories — 4 days ago