Gemstone

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Permalink Reply by Andrew Johns on July 24, 2020 at 9:03am

Hey Keith, a location where it was found, size of specimen and a hardness test would greatly help in identifying.. Photos are the least accurate way to identify a mineral.. Note I said mineral? How do you know its a gemstone if you don't know what it is??

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Permalink Reply by Keith Kristianson on July 25, 2020 at 2:53pm

Found in norther BC,Canada around 55 parallel. I know its a gem stone as of the hardness is over six and can not be scratched with a knife. There has been no other mineral like it found in that area. A few people thought it is Jade. The way it has formed tells me different. Look up Amazonite. It is the closest i could find to what it may be. Thanks for your reply.

Keith

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Permalink Reply by Andrew Johns on August 1, 2020 at 10:01pm

Not Amazonite Keith.. Amazonite is a green variety of Microcline Feldspar which your specimen shows no Feldspar form at all. I'm still lookin into it but it's definitely not Amazonite..

Keith Kristianson said:

Found in norther BC,Canada around 55 parallel. I know its a gem stone as of the hardness is over six and can not be scratched with a knife. There has been no other mineral like it found in that area. A few people thought it is Jade. The way it has formed tells me different. Look up Amazonite. It is the closest i could find to what it may be. Thanks for your reply.

Keith

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Permalink Reply by Keith Kristianson on August 1, 2020 at 10:42pm

I will take a picture of the angles in the stone, it was found in a river bed with alot of rock, worn. Not staight out of a pegmatite. Thanks for your reply Andrew.

Andrew Johns said:

Not Amazonite Keith.. Amazonite is a green variety of Microcline Feldspar which your specimen shows no Feldspar form at all. I'm still lookin into it but it's definitely not Amazonite..

Keith Kristianson said:

Found in norther BC,Canada around 55 parallel. I know its a gem stone as of the hardness is over six and can not be scratched with a knife. There has been no other mineral like it found in that area. A few people thought it is Jade. The way it has formed tells me different. Look up Amazonite. It is the closest i could find to what it may be. Thanks for your reply.

Keith

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Permalink Reply by Andrew Johns on August 1, 2020 at 10:48pm

Okay Keith, can you specify the nearest town, mine etc. I can't find anything like that in BC. Appears it could be Turqoise. Hardness is good, can you take a good close up pic. If you have a Macro setting on your camera you should be able to.. Let me, help you.. also see if you can remove a small piece to do a streak test or an acid test. If it's Turqoise it with dissolve in acis but with difficulty. I'm leaning toward Turqoise but still need a bit more info.

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Permalink Reply by Andrew Johns on August 6, 2020 at 4:43pm

Hey Keith, I have uploaded pics of Amazonite, check it out. You can see the cleavage planes, this is why I don't believe your piece is Amazonite.

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