8's, are you sure those are garnets ? Only thing I could find on fluorescent garnet is this.
U.V. Fluorescence: None, except in some green garnets (grossular and tsavorite) which may show a weak orange in long u.v. and weak yellow in short u.v..
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- Thu Jan 12, 2017 8:21 pm
- Forum: Gemstones
- Topic: Vintage garnet ring
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- Sun Jan 08, 2017 7:15 pm
- Forum: Organic Gemstones
- Topic: Countdown to Tucson: Ammolite
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- Sun Jan 08, 2017 7:12 pm
- Forum: Organic Gemstones
- Topic: Countdown to Tucson: Ammolite
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- Sun Jan 08, 2017 5:44 pm
- Forum: Minerals
- Topic: Thumbnail Mineral Specimens.
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- Sat Jan 07, 2017 12:54 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: humour
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Re: humour
to Stress. You pick up a hitchhiker... A beautiful girl. Suddenly, she faints inside your truck and you take her to the hospital. Now that's stressful. But at the hospital, they say she is pregnant and congratulate you that you're going to be a father. You say that you are not the father, but the gi...
- Thu Jan 05, 2017 12:26 am
- Forum: Minerals
- Topic: Thumbnail Mineral Specimens.
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Re: Thumbnail Mineral Specimens.
Today's arrival. 1/4/2017 Straight from the Diamond Hill Mine in South Carolina. Only hosed off, with dirt still in the crevasses & cracks. Iron oxide coating on the milky white crystals. I'll post a pic as it arrived, then edit in a pic after a good scrubbing. I haven't decided yet if I'll acid...
- Wed Jan 04, 2017 5:52 pm
- Forum: Minerals
- Topic: Thumbnail Mineral Specimens.
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Re: Thumbnail Mineral Specimens.
New arrivals yesterday. 1/3/2017 http://i907.photobucket.com/albums/ac274/jakesrocks/Minerals%20%204/000E2582_zpsltfwzhmq.jpg Commonly called "Haystack Quartz" because of the way the quartz needle crystals are stacked over each other. This one has beautifully formed Pyrite cubes scattered ...
- Sun Jan 01, 2017 2:31 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Happy New Year!
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Re: Happy New Year!
Happy New Year KJ. Happy New Year to all.
- Thu Dec 29, 2016 9:04 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Merry Christmas, & Happy Hanukkah
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Re: Merry Christmas, & Happy Hanukkah
I like Achmed the dead terrorist's Jingle Bombs myself.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pH1Zaef7XXA
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- Wed Dec 28, 2016 7:12 pm
- Forum: Minerals
- Topic: Thumbnail Mineral Specimens.
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Re: Thumbnail Mineral Specimens.
Nice one Pink. Probably from Madagascar. https://www.google.com/search?q=Celesti ... A3UQsAQISg