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This is a bit of a question mark for me, this was inside of a piece of kimberlite that was found in Wyoming while out surveying gold claims. It is hard enough to scratch a genuine sapphire so it has to be a least a 8 on the moh's if i'm not mistaken.
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My wife and I went on a 7500+ mile ramble to break out of our COVID doldrums. Due to the virus we had to change up many of our original plans... which conversely added a number of additional fossil hunting locals as they allowed us to mostly avoid our fellow humans and maintain social distancing by many many miles. As part of our trip preparations my wife sewed us a number of masks, including a whole series of fossil hunting masks for me. Originally we were supposed to stay in Chicago, but we elected to avoid staying in the city, so we only got to do a drive by We started the trip with a bonus dig, meeting up with fellow forum member @minnbuckeye for a guided Ordovician hunt in Fennimore, Wisconsin (THANKS MIKE!) Unfortunately I neglected to take pics of the site so I will only be able to share a farm pic we passed on the way. Mike was a gracious host who kicked off the visit with a gift of several fossil samples from his home turf As with all of the fossils from this trip, all finds are as they arrived back home, no prep. Some of our finds from Fennimore:
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Hi. My mother has this large rock. It’s got a greasy sheen to it. The entire rock is crystal but the inclusions are a red/pink dirt. My gem tester puts it in the jade/spinel or topaz categories. It’s not like a piece of quartz that we have seen before. Any ideas of what this could be?