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 Post subject: way cool find
PostPosted: Fri Mar 21, 2014 12:48 pm 
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Earrings anyone?
Wish I were a pro.
This stone makes me want to get out & dance.
I'd probably fall.


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 Post subject: Re: way cool find
PostPosted: Fri Mar 21, 2014 11:35 pm 
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 Post subject: Re: way cool find
PostPosted: Sat Mar 22, 2014 3:48 am 
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likely some kinda fluorescent rock....... :roll: .......please Mewho, try to be more meaningful, posts like these add nothing interesting and turns out as a waste of bandwidth..........i'm sure you understand........ :wink:

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PostPosted: Sat Mar 22, 2014 1:34 pm 
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 Post subject: Re: way cool find
PostPosted: Sat Mar 22, 2014 5:48 pm 
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Sorry about it being that way!
I did have important questions about florescent stones.
They're rare earth minerals mixed with other stone. Put in a basic way.
Do they need to be tested before cutting?
Or is there color guidelines for REM?
PS sorry for that. I ran out of time
& was not able to get to my questions.
But I was excited to find them
& wanted to share it.


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PostPosted: Sat Mar 22, 2014 9:17 pm 
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Fluorescence isn't always caused by the presence of rare earths. In fact, I'm not sure if it usually (or ever?) is. Just because something is fluorescent doesn't necessarily mean you should cut it, though there are some fluorescent materials that can yield very nice stones.
If you want to learn more about this stone in particular though you'll need to give better pix (preferably some in normal light too). Finding a fluorescent mineral yourself is, no doubt, quite rad.

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PostPosted: Sun Mar 23, 2014 12:06 am 
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I thought the stone was like a mica quartz mix (pink quartz)
I found rare earth minerals on geology online.
I also got more information a while back.
Checked on it again. Not done reading.
Probably never will be.
In my area rem is common.,
Some of this stuff may not be okay to mess with.
I understand some minerals do uv glow.
Inclusion such as iron? May cause low or no glow.
Geology goes into it some but when I do start to cut I don't want to
blow my house up or fall over dead lol.
I do use a mask but not a fume mask like when we paint.


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PostPosted: Sun Mar 23, 2014 11:35 am 
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From the Gemology Project: Fluorescence

Rare Earth Minerals do not cause fluorescence to my awareness.
Mewho, you might be interested in checking out the Fluorescent Mineral Society.
Here is a link to their gallery:
http://uvminerals.org/gallery
There is a lot of info on the site that you won't have to "join" to read through.


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PostPosted: Sun Mar 23, 2014 12:47 pm 
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Thanks for the link.
That's awesome.
I like to see stones anyway.
I love to look in the cabs section and the color stones
I want to thank all of you pros
for being so good at what you do!


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PostPosted: Sun Mar 23, 2014 4:09 pm 
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It was geology.com
That's where I read some.


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