[Rockhounds] ID help

[VevaBailey at aol.com]

Larry, could be a new mineral/stone named Ultramarine. 
I saw some advertised a couple of years ago, but it was so new, it was out  
of my budget.
 
Veva Bailey
 
 
In a message dated 6/23/2009 9:55:16 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
larryrush at worldnet.att.net writes:

I just  got a box of minerals from Pakistan which contained 2 pieces of an  
unidentified material. These are unfamiliar to me, and I need some  help.

The color is a sea green, translucent. The crystals are well  formed, 
appear to be perhaps Tetragonal or Orthorhombic. They have 4 distinct  sides, 
diamond-shaped in cross section, with  sharp low angle edges on 2  sides. The 
hardness is greater than 6. The matrix is quartz, evidently a  pegmatite 
mineral. No locality, but all of the others from this supplier were  from 
Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Waziristan.

I suspect they are Topaz,  but the shape and color have me questioning this.

I posted photos on  http://www.connroxminerals.com/temp.html

Any  thoughts?

Thanks...Larry




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