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Turqoise Crystal Rock

Post by Flintztone on Sun Jan 06, 2013 3:56 am

Hello, can you help idenifying this please. Thanx

Size Height 2 1/2" Length 3"

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Re: Turqoise Crystal Rock

Post by NaomiM on Sun Jan 06, 2013 9:26 am

It's a piece of sea glass.
That is, it's the corner of a glass bottle that's been broken up on the sea shore and washed around for a while (maybe years) and the actoion of the sand has ground off the rough edges leaving this lump of sand blasted glass.

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Re: Turqoise Crystal Rock

Post by Flintztone on Mon Jan 07, 2013 3:00 pm

Thanx NaomiM, your information has most certainly helped me. Whilst browsing I managed to find this piece, still in a crystalized state.

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Re: Turqoise Crystal Rock

Post by NaomiM on Mon Jan 07, 2013 3:03 pm

As an ex-geologist, I can assure you it's man-made glass, not fluorite. Fluorite would have been ground to dust and dissolved by the action of the waves.

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Re: Turqoise Crystal Rock

Post by Taylor Thomas on Mon Jan 07, 2013 6:40 pm

I agree with Naomi, probably started life off as a Cod bottle which are quite thick...

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Re: Turqoise Crystal Rock

Post by Flintztone on Tue Jan 29, 2013 10:03 pm

Thanx all, very much appreciated.

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