cimsurv Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 Hello all, I am new to the site and have enjoyed browsing the forums. I recently came into posession of a rock/mineral that I have been unable to identify and was wanting to get some of your opinions before I took it any farther. The next post has a link to the pics. I haven't done much personal testing but I can say that it would not scratch with a pocket knife and it tested positive for diamond with my DiamondNite DN1 tester. The tester is not definitive so thought I would try and get some help! Thanks and looking forward to see what you think!Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cimsurv Posted May 1, 2012 Author Share Posted May 1, 2012 I meant to put also, I have no idea where these came from(geographically). That would be helpful I know but unfortunately I haven't a clue! Also here the photobucket links to the pics. A little bigger and a few more.http://photobucket.com/mypreciousstones00 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigrex Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 It looks like quartz to me, hard to tell for sure though, you could try a hardness test. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cimsurv Posted May 1, 2012 Author Share Posted May 1, 2012 It looks like quartz to me, hard to tell for sure though, you could try a hardness test.Pretty much my initial thought. I was thinking Citrine Quartz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nugget Shooter Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 Welcome to the forum! Have you checked hardness yet as Rex suggested? I thought a couple specimens I had were a blue/green quartz, but turned out to be Fluorite. Found it to be easily scratched with a knife so investigated further... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldfinger Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Hard to tell from looking at the photos. Check the hardness.http://www.allaboutgemstones.com/mohs_hardness_scale.htmlSteve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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