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skydove
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« on: August 13, 2015, 10:12:35 am »
found this walking around..

any help with Identification...

also when I put a light to the rock it glows orange and not from the cloth behind...

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« Reply #1 on: August 13, 2015, 10:15:33 am »
Possibly some common Opal.

Where were you walking around?
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« Reply #2 on: August 13, 2015, 10:40:08 am »
desert mountain area near  las vegas, NV ...   and I was thinking it might be opal too..
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« Reply #3 on: August 13, 2015, 12:29:09 pm »
Peach colored opalite is pretty common in CA deserts.  Opalite is pretty easy to identify by wet glossy opaque look. 
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« Reply #4 on: August 14, 2015, 06:58:42 am »
Opal- translucent common.
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