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 Post subject: CAN ANYONE HELP ME IDENTIFY THIS CRYSTAL ??
PostPosted: Wed Nov 21, 2018 4:55 pm 
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Any idea what it is i dont have a scale otherwise i would weigh it but its gotta weighbat least 50pounds
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 21, 2018 6:30 pm 
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Cleavage is really apparent.
Blue calcite?
Celestine (celestite) ?

Try a drop of hydrochloric acid and see if it fizzes.


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PostPosted: Wed Nov 21, 2018 9:28 pm 
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Looks like Calcite to me.

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scratch the surface of your specimen and drop some Vinegar and check the reaction, best use a magnification to see the bubbles, Vinegar is a safe, economical and easy-to-obtain acid test for identifying calcite.

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PostPosted: Sat Dec 08, 2018 6:42 pm 
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Might be a lump of fluorite.


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PostPosted: Sat Dec 08, 2018 8:54 pm 
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Might be nice if Clos responded to our comments.
Any word on hardness or acid testing?


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 Post subject: Re: CAN ANYONE HELP ME IDENTIFY THIS CRYSTAL ??
PostPosted: Fri Mar 31, 2023 2:37 am 
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sorry for not replying to the messages I was MIA for a while... Although I no longer have that crystal anymore ... I do have another one I'm curious about ill make a post on it tomorrow thanks


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Icehut wrote:
Might be a lump of fluorite.


I agree with you
I collected the same specimens in the French Massif Central

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Clos wrote:
sorry for not replying to the messages I was MIA for a while... Although I no longer have that crystal anymore ... I do have another one I'm curious about ill make a post on it tomorrow thanks

You asked on Nov 21, 2018 and replied 5 years later on Mar 31, 2023. You wanted to ask another question which you said you would post the day after, but you didn't. [-X

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PostPosted: Wed Sep 20, 2023 3:35 pm 
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My Best guess is "Fluorite"


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If we were still guessing (cough, cough) I'd go with celestine.
Cleavage looks wrong for fluorite.


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