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 Post subject: Tell me glass or not glass
PostPosted: Sun May 27, 2018 11:46 am 
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Tell me glass or not glass


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 Post subject: Re: Tell me glass or not glass
PostPosted: Sun May 27, 2018 1:37 pm 
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Please take a picture of the unknown without magnification and post it.


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PostPosted: Sun May 27, 2018 2:07 pm 
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sorry for the bad photos, nothing to do good photos


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PostPosted: Sun May 27, 2018 2:16 pm 
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Thanks, but the shots are still too blurry. I was trying to get a look at the fractures and the texture of the surface. Put it on the table and just take a picture.


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 Post subject: Re: Tell me glass or not glass
PostPosted: Sun May 27, 2018 3:13 pm 
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right now there is nothing to take a photo, I'll try to make a better photo tomorrow.


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 Post subject: Re: Tell me glass or not glass
PostPosted: Mon May 28, 2018 5:21 am 
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qualitatively does not work at all


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 Post subject: Re: Tell me glass or not glass
PostPosted: Mon May 28, 2018 9:55 am 
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Fractures appear to be vitreous and conchoidal. Certainly could be glass.
Warm or cold when you put it on your upper lip?


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 Post subject: Re: Tell me glass or not glass
PostPosted: Mon May 28, 2018 11:06 am 
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When the box on the lip is cold, but after a few seconds it becomes warmer


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I think it is probably glass.

You could try the old hair trick.

Wrap it with a few strands of human hair. Try to burn the hair with a lighter. If the hair does not burn, it is stone. If it does, it is glass.


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PostPosted: Mon May 28, 2018 11:52 am 
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did such a trick and fantastic hair did not burn, but this is also probably not a guarantee,


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PostPosted: Mon May 28, 2018 12:22 pm 
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forgot to ask if this stone is something called


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