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<p>[QUOTE="wlwhittier, post: 10310850, member: 76316"]Weight is 295 grams. I don't recall when I acquired this rock, but certainly somewhere east of the Sierras an' south of Mono Lake.</p><p>The brownish matrix <i>appears</i> to be similar to what I've seen as inclusions in cut or polished turquoise stones set into buckles, bracelets, pendants an' rings...but I have serious doubts about this being genuine; I rather suspect it is some form of copper ore.</p><p>Your counsel is sought, an' I thank you for lookin'!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]518033[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]518034[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]518035[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]518036[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="wlwhittier, post: 10310850, member: 76316"]Weight is 295 grams. I don't recall when I acquired this rock, but certainly somewhere east of the Sierras an' south of Mono Lake. The brownish matrix [I]appears[/I] to be similar to what I've seen as inclusions in cut or polished turquoise stones set into buckles, bracelets, pendants an' rings...but I have serious doubts about this being genuine; I rather suspect it is some form of copper ore. Your counsel is sought, an' I thank you for lookin'! [ATTACH=full]518033[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]518034[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]518035[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]518036[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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