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Anyone have any ideas on what this may be?

Hello, Just looking for a little more information on two other minerals. Thank You

Should I go through the process of trying to clean up the large crystal or not? The were garnets I found in north eastern utah near Flaming Gorge. If I should clean it, what can I do to best preserve it?

I have a weird question guys... While gold panning we found garnets, not many at all (I am in New Zealand) - but I'd like to display them. We found a tiny glass perfume bottle, and I'm soaking it in all sorts of chemicals to get the smell out, but I was thinking - instead of using water, perhaps something more "antimicrobial" might be better. I run a still so I have easy access to the "heads" we call it, methanol, acetone etc, but also the ethanol. I was wondering if I instead use 100% proof or so as a liquid in the bottle would be better than water.. or is there a home available mix thats better ie bleach? Some are very bright pinks, some are deep red.. at most I have a tiny amount but the small bottle may make them look bigger... Any advice? They look so much better wet as opposed to dry.

Is this garnet or opal? Any help will be appreciated. Thank you.

I found this in Neenah Wisconsin. It feels like a gemstone & has flat edges here and there. It was near some Native American pottery. Is it a garnet?

I acquired some local Island minerals the other day from an old rockhound up-Island. As is typical, she couldn't tell me where each one is from other than "Vancouver Island", so I'm looking for that info (for some of them I have an idea). Also not sure what some of them are so am looking for that info as well. Garnets, possibly from a mine in the mid-Island area. I was impressed when saw some of these when I did a fossil presentation for the Parksville Rockhounds (but didn't make a note of the mine they came out of), and then lo and behold, this lady had some! I will get ahold of someone from that club to see if they can tell me where they're from. Also I'd like to know if there is a surefire method of removing that iron oxide coating that covers a lot of our local minerals.

I figure a lot of us here share the same interests, one of the things I do is collect sand samples from places I go. I have a few extras I would like to trade. These are each 3 dram vials, approximately 11mL per vial. The first is - Black Sand, Punaluʻu Beach, Big Island Hawai'i collected on a trip in 2009 - 3 available. second is - Topaz, Topaz Mountain, Millard County Utah, collected in 2011 - 2 available (I Know it's slightly larger than sand but it fit in my vials!) Third is - Garnet Sand / Purple Sand, Emerald Creek Idaho, collected in 2014 - 5 available Last one is - Volcanic sand, Amalfi Coast, Salerno, Italy collected in 2015 - 5 available (supposedly this is rock from Mt. Vesuvius that is broken down by the waves over the years.) I also have sand and rocks from the Jurassic aged Morrison Formation in Morrison, Colorado. Let me know if there is any interest for that, I can post pictures as well! I would mostly be interested in growing my sand collection, but I am open to fossil trades as well! Let me know what you have and we can work something out I'm sure! I may want a couple of sand samples for the topaz It is not easy stuff to collect or clean! Hope everyone had a safe and happy new years!!! -Blake

This is a piece of Mica shist from Arkansas I picked up a few years back...