Guest guest Posted August 13, 2001 Report Share Posted August 13, 2001 Crystallovers. I have in my collection a beautiful little rock measuring about 3 cms and I have no idea what it is. I have uploaded a scanned pic to the photos - not very clear I am afraid, but I would be grateful for any ideas. I can't see anything in Melody that resembles it although I did think of chrysoberyl. It is a 'sharp' piece of rock with glassy crystalline chips of green in it which look very much like emerald. I know it can't be that as I certainly couldn't have afforded to buy it!! Also I have just ordered a used copy of Walter Schumann's Gemstones of the World from Amazon.com Z books if anyone is interested. They have several copies from $10 up so it is worth a look. crystal blessings Karen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 13, 2001 Report Share Posted August 13, 2001 anandareiki wrote: > Crystallovers. > I have in my collection a beautiful little rock measuring about 3 cms > and I have no idea what it is. I have uploaded a scanned pic to > the photos ************ Hi Hon, I looked in Simon and Schuster's Guide to Rocks and Minerals (I also have their Guide to Gems and Precious Stones), and your rock looks very much like what they call out as Torbernite - a radioactive secondary mineral which is a source of uranium. The specimen they show is from Cornwall, although they cite sources from all over the world. Your rock has a very interesting little hook on the edge of it, Karen. Do you have any feelings as to why it came to you? XOXOXO, Susan : )))))))))))) BTW, I think I can recommend the Simon and Schuster books. They don't list metaphysical properties of the stones, but they are very informative otherwise. They explain the formations of the rocks, the physical properties, magnetic, structural, chemical, optical properties, etc. There is also a glossary in the back of the book. They seem very thorough and there are over a thousand high quality illus. in the rocks and minerals book - hundreds in the precious gem book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 13, 2001 Report Share Posted August 13, 2001 In a message dated 13/08/01 18:50:21 Paris, Madrid (heure d'été), sbosco writes: > I looked in Simon and Schuster's Guide to Rocks and Minerals (I also > have their Guide to Gems and Precious Stones), and your rock looks very > much like what they call out as Torbernite - a radioactive secondary > mineral which is a source of uranium. The specimen they show is from > Cornwall, although they cite sources from all over the world. Suse - you have cracked it :-)) Cornwall is the answer. I must have bought it in the rock shop there last May and forgotten the name. Torbernite certainly seems to be it, but I think they had possibly labelled it under another name. I realise that I must have felt the need to bring a bit of my Cornwall back here to France with me. Doing a search for Torbernite found this excellent ID website - they have just about every rock listed, I will add it to the bookmarks - <A HREF= " http://mineral.galleries.com/minerals/by_name.htm " >Minerals by Name</A> crystal hugs Karen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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