[Rockhounds] Quartz Sphere results + fluorescence

[Axel Emmermann]

Pete, 

Well, we call them Herkimers because they look like the real ones from
Herkimer ;-)))
The come from Badhakshan, Afghanistan.
Small double terminated XX.

Axel

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> Verzonden: maandag 29 september 2008 18:22
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> Onderwerp: 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?
> ?
> 
> 
> 
> -----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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