[Rockhounds] Quartz Sphere results + fluorescence

[The Hammer]

Pete,

It was a pleasure the report back.  This group is an awesome resource. 

-Ron



 



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Subject: Re: [Rockhounds] Quartz Sphere results + fluorescence

________ (hmmm, I was going to add your name, "Hammerron", but I see the email doesn't actually give a name, OK anyway),

Thanks for that good thorough report on your tests on the quartz sphere.? Your picture, with all the fractures in it, looks a lot like the small sphere that I have.? Sounds like it was all worth it, getting wet that many times.

And a P.S. to Dave et al., reading through the various posts about the fluorsescent inclusions in quartz, I'm trying to get clear (but maybe it was explained in earlier emails), are "your crystals" Herkimers, or are you talking about somewhere else?

Cheers, Pete


Axel,?
?These are also small quartz crystals that have petroleum ,?
they fluoresce green under long wave and blue under short?
wave. When you have a handful they sparkle just like diamonds,?
I don't mean to sound trite, but they really sparkle. The largest?
may be 1 cm. most are smaller. We find them by looking for oil?
seeps in the limestone, than try to open a pocket and use?
hemostats to pick them out. Time consuming but my fingers?
won't easily pick up items that small.?
Dave?
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-----Original Message-----
From: The Hammer <hammerron at yahoo.com>
To: post Rockhounds <rockhounds at lists.drizzle.com>
Sent: Sat, 27 Sep 2008 2:53 pm
Subject: [Rockhounds] Quartz Sphere results



I want to thank everyone for your awesome feedback in helping me.
The short version is, I do believe that the sphere is quartz.

Test results:
Hardness: Quartz not glass
Density: Quartz or Glass
Fractures: Quartz not glass
Ultraviolet Light (this test was cool): Quartz not Glass

A picture of the sphere can be found here:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3025/2892357127_fa71da56b7_b.jpg




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