The official crystal identification thread

morphine

Oh, it is possible that it is yellow jasper. Which is wonderful to carry while travelling. It is helpful to banishing negativity & mild depression.
 

SpiritOfTheDogz

Thanks morphine, I never thought of that, it's a sort of browny orangy colour so I searched both of them on google but never thought of yellow :)

Paul
 

BodhiSeed

morphine said:
Thanks all!

I feel like getting more opinion on this one, i am certain this is serpentine. Whereas my friend is adamant its an agate. I completely disagree, but she doesn’t listen.

Do you agree or could it be something else?


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Well I hate to side with your friend, but I do think it looks more like an agate than serpentine. It reminds me a bit of moss agate:
http://www.semiprecious.com/mossagate.cfm
 

Ethereal_Phoenix

I would love anyones help about identifying a few of my Rocks/Crystals.
I recieved them as a gift last year, they came in a bag and were sold at a convention that my friend had been to. I've not used them yet because I was never sure what they were, they never came with a slip to inform me of what they were, just random rocks.

1. http://i41.tinypic.com/11u85xk.jpg

^That one is the exact same color as it is in real life.

2. http://i39.tinypic.com/id6l50.jpg

^In that one there are faint veins of grey, in real life.

3. http://i42.tinypic.com/2q0un0i.jpg

^That one is also the exact same in real life.

4. http://i43.tinypic.com/96hvep.jpg

^Besides the bright flash of light, that one is also the same. :)



The First one, I haven't the slightest idea of what it could be.
The Second one is hard for me to pin a name to because it's Blue, most blue rocks look too similar for me to tell a difference.
I think that Third is most likely Green Quartz?
The Fourth one I was thinking may be Red Tigers-Eye.


I hope someone can help :)
I love Crystals and Rocks but am terrible at identifying them on my own! lol
 

cardlady22

1. unakite
2. possibly dyed howlite
3. ?? does it feel somewhat waxy, can you feel a "grain" to its structure
4. probably red tiger's eye like you thought
 

Ethereal_Phoenix

cardlady22 said:
1. unakite
2. possibly dyed howlite
3. ?? does it feel somewhat waxy, can you feel a "grain" to its structure
4. probably red tiger's eye like you thought

Thank you VERY much :D

The Third one feels waxy, yes. :)
 

cardlady22

3. possibly calcite
 

Ethereal_Phoenix

OH! That is most definitely it!!
The name automatically made me think "That's it!" and the pictures are exact! :)
Thank you so very much!
I had been putting off posting them on here because I was too lazy to take the pictures and I'm so glad I eventually did! :D
 

cardlady22

You're welcome! Let me know if you'd like me to send you some book titles or websites to use for future IDs.