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    So I bought some new stones, there is a peacock ore, fluorite, 'Sputnik' aragonite, and that huge perfect piece of what I'm pretty sure is calcite, but I've never seen a piece like this.

    Thoughts?
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    #2
    Re: New shinies!

    I saw the title and first thought of alternate colored pokemon ....

    Anyway! they're very pretty. The big thing looks like calcite to me (if you really wanted to be sure it should bubble when it comes in contact with acid).
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      #3
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      Very pretty! I agree with Corvus. Lol. Looks like a huge calcite stone.
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        #4
        Re: New shinies!

        Originally posted by Corvus View Post
        I saw the title and first thought of alternate colored pokemon ....

        Anyway! they're very pretty. The big thing looks like calcite to me (if you really wanted to be sure it should bubble when it comes in contact with acid).
        Im not putting acid in it!!! Terrible! Haha

        but yeah, I'm pretty sure it's calcite. I've been comparing it with my existing pieces of honey calcite and Iceland spar, and I'm pretty convinced.

        And I cannot stop touching it!
        ThorSon's milkshake brings all the PF girls to the yard - Volcaniclastic

        RIP

        I have never been across the way
        Seen the desert and the birds
        You cut your hair short
        Like a shush to an insult
        The world had been yelling
        Since the day you were born
        Revolting with anger
        While it smiled like it was cute
        That everything was shit.

        - J. Wylder

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          #5
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          Originally posted by Heka View Post
          Im not putting acid in it!!! Terrible! Haha

          but yeah, I'm pretty sure it's calcite. I've been comparing it with my existing pieces of honey calcite and Iceland spar, and I'm pretty convinced.

          And I cannot stop touching it!
          If you don't want to put acid on it, calcite has a feature called 'double refraction'. If its clear enough to see through, hold it up to a piece of paper with writing on it - it should show you the writing/image duplicated.


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            Originally posted by volcaniclastic View Post
            If you don't want to put acid on it, calcite has a feature called 'double refraction'. If its clear enough to see through, hold it up to a piece of paper with writing on it - it should show you the writing/image duplicated.
            Just like a good piece of Iceland spar!

            Btw it works. Thanks for reminding me of that one.

            now I just want to hold it again.
            ThorSon's milkshake brings all the PF girls to the yard - Volcaniclastic

            RIP

            I have never been across the way
            Seen the desert and the birds
            You cut your hair short
            Like a shush to an insult
            The world had been yelling
            Since the day you were born
            Revolting with anger
            While it smiled like it was cute
            That everything was shit.

            - J. Wylder

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              #7
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              Three bucks for the calcite My prices are competitive
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                #8
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                Just goin' by the pic, it actually looks like Icelandic feldspar (also known as sunstone). I have a couple of a little larger than palm-sized pieces of it, nice stuff. Used to be illegal to take it out of Iceland.
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                  #9
                  Re: New shinies!

                  Calcite also has a fairly distinctive texture and energy to it. If you've got other calcite pieces you should be able to ID that one pretty easily. It's hard to tell from the photos... is it striated or is that just the light refracting oddly in the photo?

                  I got some new babies myself at the Mind, Body, Soul Expo on Saturday... amegreen, peridot and a lovely little desert rose.

                  One day, Heka, take a trip to Mildura and visit Woodsie's Gem Shop. OMG. It is most definitely worth the trip (at least from Adelaide lol). The rest of Mildura is a hole but that one little store is amazing. It's run by a family of lapidarists who make their own jewelry and it is stunning. They have raw and tumbled stones, most of which they mined themselves. And so may necklaces, earrings and rings... the energy in the store is absolutely amazing and even though they aren't spiritual they have a genuine respect for the stones. I got talking to the elderly patriarch when I was there and he was telling me stories of his mining trips, and how he lets the stone speak for itself when designing a jewelry piece. The prices are very reasonable and the stones have great energy.

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                    #10
                    Re: New shinies!

                    Originally posted by Doc_Holliday View Post
                    Three bucks for the calcite My prices are competitive
                    Cost me 6! So no!

                    Originally posted by Rick View Post
                    Just goin' by the pic, it actually looks like Icelandic feldspar (also known as sunstone). I have a couple of a little larger than palm-sized pieces of it, nice stuff. Used to be illegal to take it out of Iceland.
                    Icelandic feldspar/Iceland spar/sunstone/calcite, I believe are all the same. This piece I would call a 'sunstone' as opposed to my quartz-clear 'Iceland spar' and all my many colours of 'calcite'. And this one is about palm sized, I can't believe I found it in blinman of all places (Rae'ya might know that place)

                    Originally posted by Rae'ya View Post
                    Calcite also has a fairly distinctive texture and energy to it. If you've got other calcite pieces you should be able to ID that one pretty easily. It's hard to tell from the photos... is it striated or is that just the light refracting oddly in the photo?
                    uh not sure what you mean by striated, you can see, within it, like lines, it's kinda shelves with in the thing, I guess that's just the way the layers formed though

                    One day, Heka, take a trip to Mildura and visit Woodsie's Gem Shop. OMG. It is most definitely worth the trip (at least from Adelaide lol). The rest of Mildura is a hole but that one little store is amazing. It's run by a family of lapidarists who make their own jewelry and it is stunning. They have raw and tumbled stones, most of which they mined themselves. And so may necklaces, earrings and rings... the energy in the store is absolutely amazing and even though they aren't spiritual they have a genuine respect for the stones. I got talking to the elderly patriarch when I was there and he was telling me stories of his mining trips, and how he lets the stone speak for itself when designing a jewelry piece. The prices are very reasonable and the stones have great energy.
                    Ah Woodsies, I have a few pieces from there, my favourite being a garnet ring. Also bought my first double terminated quartz there too, that place is heaven.... And the maze is fun too! (One of my best friends is from mildura, she was sure to take me there when I visited!)
                    ThorSon's milkshake brings all the PF girls to the yard - Volcaniclastic

                    RIP

                    I have never been across the way
                    Seen the desert and the birds
                    You cut your hair short
                    Like a shush to an insult
                    The world had been yelling
                    Since the day you were born
                    Revolting with anger
                    While it smiled like it was cute
                    That everything was shit.

                    - J. Wylder

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                      #11
                      Re: New shinies!

                      I got a piece of Star Mica awhile back. I found me in the shop we have here (Cosmic Connections). Just got done cleansing it along with my sister's Quartz w/hematite she got earlier in the week.

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                        #12
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                        Originally posted by Heka View Post
                        !Icelandic feldspar/Iceland spar/sunstone/calcite, I believe are all the same. This piece I would call a 'sunstone' as opposed to my quartz-clear 'Iceland spar' and all my many colours of 'calcite'. And this one is about palm sized, I can't believe I found it in blinman of all places (Rae'ya might know that place)
                        I do indeed lol. You bought it there?

                        Originally posted by Heka View Post
                        uh not sure what you mean by striated, you can see, within it, like lines, it's kinda shelves with in the thing, I guess that's just the way the layers formed though
                        'Striated' means with parallel lines in it.

                        Originally posted by Heka View Post
                        Ah Woodsies, I have a few pieces from there, my favourite being a garnet ring. Also bought my first double terminated quartz there too, that place is heaven.... And the maze is fun too! (One of my best friends is from mildura, she was sure to take me there when I visited!)
                        Then you have experienced the amazingness lol. My dad lives in Mildura, as does my childhood best mate. It's almost worth visiting my dad more often just so I can go to Woodsies! Hubby, my sister, my baby niece and my 3yo nephew went last time we were there... my nephew loved the maze, though we only did one side of it, because we decided to go left. Can't imagine how long it would have taken us if we'd headed right like the guy at the cafe advised! We came away with quite a few pieces.

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                          #13
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                          Originally posted by Rae'ya View Post
                          I do indeed lol. You bought it there?



                          'Striated' means with parallel lines in it.



                          Then you have experienced the amazingness lol. My dad lives in Mildura, as does my childhood best mate. It's almost worth visiting my dad more often just so I can go to Woodsies! Hubby, my sister, my baby niece and my 3yo nephew went last time we were there... my nephew loved the maze, though we only did one side of it, because we decided to go left. Can't imagine how long it would have taken us if we'd headed right like the guy at the cafe advised! We came away with quite a few pieces.
                          Yup, bought them all in blinman haha!

                          and yes Striated it is then I guess.

                          now I want to go to mildura again haha
                          ThorSon's milkshake brings all the PF girls to the yard - Volcaniclastic

                          RIP

                          I have never been across the way
                          Seen the desert and the birds
                          You cut your hair short
                          Like a shush to an insult
                          The world had been yelling
                          Since the day you were born
                          Revolting with anger
                          While it smiled like it was cute
                          That everything was shit.

                          - J. Wylder

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                            #14
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                            Very beautiful. I love quartz though.
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