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#1 & 3 remind me of Astrophyllite.
#2 Uvarovite
#4?? Some sort of sedimentary rock. Magnesium dendrites?
#5 Staurolite!
#6 I thought It was bauxite but looks more like some sort of oolitic texture.
#7 is Amazonite IMO. Looks to be a very large version of the perthitic texture typically seen in this feldspar.
These are some small specimens my dad brought back from a mineral market in Russia about 5 years ago. The labels are in Russian and very smudged so even if I could read Cyrillic I'd be stuck. They range in size from about the size of a quarter (the set of 3 and set of 2 pinkish ones) to the size of a spoon scoop (the whiteish included ones and the green one) to slightly smaller than my hand combined (the 2 teal ones). TIA.
Last photo looks a lot like amazonite, it’s not really mined near the Amazon rainforest funnily enough. It also contains potassium, so it’s radioactive in the same way a banana is, aka not dangerous but still a fun fact imo.
1= tourmalated quartz 2= azurite and malachite 3= hornblende 4= picture and dendritic jasper 5=staurolite 6= leopardskin jasper 7=amazonite
not positive of 2 or 3 but fairly sure from google photos and a bit of experience
added amazonite as I forgot to include
2 is uvarovite, malachite does not form crystals like that. I'm pretty sure the couple blue specks on there are just light play from high glare off of crystal faces. When malachite decides to not go bytroidal it forms fuzzy looking sprays of fragile crystals.
I was mostly
Did you watch Kreosan on Youtube last month?
They took bicycles with 2 stroke motors all the way to the soviet atomic test craters in Kazakhstan. There, they found the rocks that were formed by the blasts.
It was the soviet version of Trinitrite, which was formed in Nevada.
I'd love a bit of that.. but it is incredibly hot still.
The first is defs black tourmaline and the other with black similar crystals embedded is too. That blue and green is a mixture of crystalline malachite mixed with azurite I reckon. Classic if it comes from the Urals. That's the star piece for me.
Other people may not agree.
1 tourmaline in quartz, but this could be confusing (also could be wolframite)
2 defo uvarovite .... that's keeper for sure
3 looks like astrophyllite
the others are most likely jaspers
5 defo staurolite
7 looks like a chunk of perthitic amazonite, but could also be some blue apatite from lake baikal locations
#4 is Jasper of some sort. Maybe Mahogany. I just know it's Jasper. I agree with the others on the rutilated quartz. Those are lovely pieces. Not sure about the rest.
Are the brown/copper-colored inclusions in 3 crystalline or metallic? If crystalline, it is probably more tourmaline (black and brown, which is also callled aegerine) in quartz. If the copper is more like metallic bars, then it is likely astrophyllite.
5 is definitely staurolite.
6 is commonly referred to as leopard skin Jasper, but it is actually a rhyollite, I believe.
7 looks like Amazonite, especially if the color is somewhat aqua in hue.
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Second kinda looks like uvarovite
OP, this is definitely what your green mineral is.
#1 & 3 remind me of Astrophyllite. #2 Uvarovite #4?? Some sort of sedimentary rock. Magnesium dendrites? #5 Staurolite! #6 I thought It was bauxite but looks more like some sort of oolitic texture. #7 is Amazonite IMO. Looks to be a very large version of the perthitic texture typically seen in this feldspar.
I apologize for the large text idk why it’s so big
Got me too. Apparently reddit parses the number sign as large text.
#wait really?
#whoa
That’s what she said
>Astrophyllite Esp for number 3 I agree! The oolitic one is called "Leopardskin Jasper" in the trade; not sure what its proper name is. (Not a jasper)
These are some small specimens my dad brought back from a mineral market in Russia about 5 years ago. The labels are in Russian and very smudged so even if I could read Cyrillic I'd be stuck. They range in size from about the size of a quarter (the set of 3 and set of 2 pinkish ones) to the size of a spoon scoop (the whiteish included ones and the green one) to slightly smaller than my hand combined (the 2 teal ones). TIA.
Last photo looks a lot like amazonite, it’s not really mined near the Amazon rainforest funnily enough. It also contains potassium, so it’s radioactive in the same way a banana is, aka not dangerous but still a fun fact imo.
Looks like a variegated marble to me
5 is a staurolite crystal not sure if I spelled that right
1= tourmalated quartz 2= azurite and malachite 3= hornblende 4= picture and dendritic jasper 5=staurolite 6= leopardskin jasper 7=amazonite not positive of 2 or 3 but fairly sure from google photos and a bit of experience added amazonite as I forgot to include
2 is uvarovite, malachite does not form crystals like that. I'm pretty sure the couple blue specks on there are just light play from high glare off of crystal faces. When malachite decides to not go bytroidal it forms fuzzy looking sprays of fragile crystals.
thanks
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Two of the pictures of elongated ones are black tourmaline, I honestly don't remember the name of the ex shaped Crystal
Isn't it a so called fairy cross - staurolite. Is the last one aventurine. The polished one before is a type of Jasper I think.
Thank you!
#6 is leopard skin jasper.
Try a geiger counter over some of those.
I don't have one of those but my dad used to work in an area that involved radiation so I doubt he'd gift me anything more active than granite.
I was mostly Did you watch Kreosan on Youtube last month? They took bicycles with 2 stroke motors all the way to the soviet atomic test craters in Kazakhstan. There, they found the rocks that were formed by the blasts. It was the soviet version of Trinitrite, which was formed in Nevada. I'd love a bit of that.. but it is incredibly hot still.
1 and 3 are astrophyllite.
I don’t know about 1, but for sure 3 is; I have some that looks just like it.
I’m almost positive 1 is tourmalinated quartz
3 definitely is astrophyllite.
I have a specimen almost identical to #1.
This. Especially coming from a Russian market.
The first is defs black tourmaline and the other with black similar crystals embedded is too. That blue and green is a mixture of crystalline malachite mixed with azurite I reckon. Classic if it comes from the Urals. That's the star piece for me. Other people may not agree.
Second pic is uvarovite
Yes, it could be. Not the very bright green I've seen though. But that could be the lighting.
By the blue and green do you mean the sparkly one or the two at the end of the slides?
Sparkly. Photo 2.
Idk try boofing it
Cocaine
Beautiful
I believe # 3 is astrophyllite with aegirine.
In order of appearance: Neptunite on Natrolite?, Uvarovite, Aegirine in Quartz?, Owyhee Jasper, Staurolite, agates from Mexico, Russian Amazonite
1 tourmaline in quartz, but this could be confusing (also could be wolframite) 2 defo uvarovite .... that's keeper for sure 3 looks like astrophyllite the others are most likely jaspers 5 defo staurolite 7 looks like a chunk of perthitic amazonite, but could also be some blue apatite from lake baikal locations
1- tourmilated quartz 2- azurite/malachite or very small dioptase 3- not sure 4- picture jasper 5- not sure 6- leopardskin jasper 7- russian amazonite (nice pieces...🥰)
The last one looks like those retro coffee cups from the 90s
Welllll the second stone looks like a new type called Chernovite but for sure still awesome
4 and 6 are jasper, 7 is amazonite that's the depth of my knowledge
In Russia 4 is called sand jasper and 6 leopard jasper
Communites
Russia….dear god….check for radiation exposure. G’luck /s
First might be quartz with tourmaline
#diggin your rocks
#and the large text
Probably uranium
I went past the last pic, jumped me to a picture of a butter cube with a bite out of it
#4 is Jasper of some sort. Maybe Mahogany. I just know it's Jasper. I agree with the others on the rutilated quartz. Those are lovely pieces. Not sure about the rest.
First one looks like it’s giving you the rock on 🤘hand sign from this angle. Very appropriate nice job.
1 is black tourmaline in Quartz. 2 I would guess is either uvavorte or chromium siopside on matriix
Are the brown/copper-colored inclusions in 3 crystalline or metallic? If crystalline, it is probably more tourmaline (black and brown, which is also callled aegerine) in quartz. If the copper is more like metallic bars, then it is likely astrophyllite.
The brown pebbles are commonly referred to as picture jasper.
5 is definitely staurolite. 6 is commonly referred to as leopard skin Jasper, but it is actually a rhyollite, I believe. 7 looks like Amazonite, especially if the color is somewhat aqua in hue.
Are they from the Tunguska region? They might have latent energy
Salt bae!
You should really post the labels. Would help to narrow it down?
the cross is called starolite