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Offline kuligligkoTopic starter
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« on: September 22, 2009, 08:37:43 pm »
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We found this stone seating on a cement block 10  feet below the ground. This  was found in one of the treasure project suspected  to be a world war II  gold treasure burial site in the Philippines.  This stone originally weight around 2.5 kilograms but we brook it into pieces.

Can you help us identify this stone ?  where can we let it  be assayed here in the Philippines and where can we sell it.

Can you suggest on how can we initially identify this stone like how to polish, do some testing and the like?


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« Reply #1 on: September 24, 2009, 02:56:15 pm »
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Looks like Tourmaline or Cassiterite..

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« Reply #2 on: March 28, 2010, 02:13:27 am »
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I'd say a variety of garnet. Check out this link to see if any of these descriptions seem to fit.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garnet

 
A good way to start to identify is to determine the minerals hardness. See the following link for instructions

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http://www.rocksandminerals.com/hardness/mohs.htm


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