Guest guest Posted January 2, 2002 Report Share Posted January 2, 2002 Lauffeuer wf wrote: > just > thrown into the box, either accidentally or as a > bonus. Anyway, I was holding it up to the light the > otherday and noticed a very distinctive purple > undertone Hi Wildfire, I too purchased some stones over the holiday season, and the woman I purchased them from threw several small tumbled, glassy dark stones into the bag which looked purplish when held to the light. I went back and asked her what they were and she said they were garnets. I understand the almandite variety are purplish. Maybe that's the type they are. Love, Susan : )))))))))))) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 3, 2002 Report Share Posted January 3, 2002 Hi Wildfire, Smokey quartz can have an undertone of purple. I live in Namibia and we get quite a bit of the smoky quartz that has purple when you hold it up to the light. This could be smoky quartz and amethyst, in that, amethyst is also quartz. The quartz termination would be completely different, if it were fluorite. Not only that, fluorite cleaves when you break it. If the little pieces are like squares or dodecahedron shaped, it would be fluorite. If it is six sided, it would be quartz. Quartz would also show striation (the horizontal lines), where fluorite wouldn't. Hopes this helps, karen johnston - " Lauffeuer wf " <ph0enixfyre Wednesday, January 02, 2002 7:25 AM [CrystalHW] Smokey Quartz..Or Flourite?? > Greetings All, > > I have a quick question. I bought two large beautiful > smokey quartz crystals off eBay, in the package along > with the smokeys were two small pieces which I assumed > were from from the same lot as the smokeys, just > thrown into the box, either accidentally or as a > bonus. Anyway, I was holding it up to the light the > otherday and noticed a very distinctive purple > undertone, so my question is: can smokey quartz have > different color tones to it such as this purple, or > did I get pieces of something else such as a Flourite? > > Peace & Well Wishes > -wildfire- > > > > Send your FREE holiday greetings online! > http://greetings. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 3, 2002 Report Share Posted January 3, 2002 Karen, Thank you, I've had such an affinity for flourite lately amethyst comepletely slipped my mind. Thank you for pointing that out. When I go home this afternoon I'll take a closer look at the formation. Thank you again! -wildfire- --- " Karen S. Johnston " <karen wrote: > Hi Wildfire, > Smokey quartz can have an undertone of purple. I > live in Namibia and we get > quite a bit of the smoky quartz that has purple when > you hold it up to the > light. This could be smoky quartz and amethyst, in > that, amethyst is also > quartz. The quartz termination would be completely > different, if it were > fluorite. Not only that, fluorite cleaves when you > break it. If the little > pieces are like squares or dodecahedron shaped, it > would be fluorite. If it > is six sided, it would be quartz. Quartz would also > show striation (the > horizontal lines), where fluorite wouldn't. > > Hopes this helps, > karen johnston > > - > " Lauffeuer wf " <ph0enixfyre > > Wednesday, January 02, 2002 7:25 AM > [CrystalHW] Smokey Quartz..Or Flourite?? > > > > Greetings All, > > > > I have a quick question. I bought two large > beautiful > > smokey quartz crystals off eBay, in the package > along > > with the smokeys were two small pieces which I > assumed > > were from from the same lot as the smokeys, just > > thrown into the box, either accidentally or as a > > bonus. Anyway, I was holding it up to the light > the > > otherday and noticed a very distinctive purple > > undertone, so my question is: can smokey quartz > have > > different color tones to it such as this purple, > or > > did I get pieces of something else such as a > Flourite? > > > > Peace & Well Wishes > > -wildfire- > > > > > > > > Send your FREE holiday greetings online! > > http://greetings. > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 3, 2002 Report Share Posted January 3, 2002 Susan, Thank you! This is an interesting suggestion, I didnt know that garnets ranged in purple too. -wildfire- --- " Susan S. Bosco " <sbosco wrote: > Lauffeuer wf wrote: > > > just > > thrown into the box, either accidentally or as a > > bonus. Anyway, I was holding it up to the light > the > > otherday and noticed a very distinctive purple > > undertone > > Hi Wildfire, > > I too purchased some stones over the holiday season, > and the woman I > purchased them from threw several small tumbled, > glassy dark stones into > the bag which looked purplish when held to the > light. I went back and > asked her what they were and she said they were > garnets. I understand > the almandite variety are purplish. Maybe that's > the type they are. > > Love, > Susan : )))))))))))) > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > Send your FREE holiday greetings online! http://greetings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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