Rocks & Minerals B/C ID/Question Marathon

[Kazen]

identify and hardness

[Tsoccer25]

I think It is (Click to Show Hidden Text)

Beryl, Hardness of 8

[wufactor2012]

agreed

[pinkotter]

Mind if I join?

[darkdeserthighway]

identify and hardness

I think it is: (Click to Show Hidden Text)

Tourmaline group, hardness of 7-7.5

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Feel free

[inluvwyth_WANTED]

Just to keep this thread going, mind if I post?

Identify both. Define their correlation (Click to Show Hidden Text)

[img]http://earthphysicsteaching.homestead.com/Arkosic_Sandstone__Stockton_Formation__Below_Palisades_Sill__Englewood__NJ_2A.JPG[/img][img]http://www.hiddenitegems.com/images/gem-id/rough/jasper-red.JPG[/img]

Also just to add my two cents, i also think it is (Click to Show Hidden Text)

Tourmaline

[hotchocolate123]

Hmmmmm (Click to Show Hidden Text)

I think number one is arkose sandstone while number two is...quartz, jasper?

[inluvwyth_WANTED]

Correct! Your turn?

[hotchocolate123]

Identify and name its hardness. (Click to Show Hidden Text)

[img]http://www.marinmineral.com/db_pics/pics/tu44a.jpg[/img]

[PacificGoldenPlover]

Is this (Click to Show Hidden Text)

Beryl, hardness 8?