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ONE OF MY RARE FINDS

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ONE OF MY RARE FINDS

Postby rockhounddownunder on Thu Dec 20, 2007 8:17 pm

G'DAY EVERYBODY .I WANTED TO SHARE ONE OF MY RARE FINDS .I DUG THIS WHEN I WAS DIGGING FOR TOPAZ
A FEW YEARS BACK .ON THIS WEEKEND I HIT A AWSOME PATCH OF TOP GRADE FACITING TOPAZ BUT WHEN I GOT THIS ONE
IN THE SIEVE .MY EYES POPPED OUT OF ME HEAD .ITS SO HARD TO GET INCLUSIONS IN QUARTZ BUT IN TOPAZ ITS SO RARE.
THE INCLUSIONS IN THIS TOPAZ IS EITHER MOLYBDENITE OR BISMUTH .I GOT TO CHECK IT OUT UNDER A MICROSCOPE KOR DARREN
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Postby Spacegold on Thu Dec 20, 2007 10:00 pm

Nature normally does not roll and shape metal strips like that. How would a piece of processed metal get inside a natural topaz?
Agates are forever.
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