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What Are They?

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03/21/2016 3:14 AM

Wild guess: sand grains from a beach in Florida under the microscope.

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03/21/2016 2:22 PM

I hope that's the answer, cause that would be cool.
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03/21/2016 6:42 PM

Here's some beach sand...

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03/21/2016 9:18 PM

Looks the same! Maybe sand from a different beach as I cannot see the precious stones that are in the first picture!

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03/21/2016 6:00 AM

Rough stones?

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03/21/2016 6:04 AM

Opals?
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03/21/2016 6:35 AM

I'll go with that.

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03/21/2016 10:19 AM

Opals it is....

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03/21/2016 9:19 PM

Now that you say it!

What size are these? Would it be Opal sand? Or bigger?

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03/21/2016 9:39 PM

Bigger...1/4 to 3/4"...

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03/21/2016 11:34 PM

Nice!

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03/21/2016 8:37 AM

A slip hazard. They need tidying up and putting away before someone goes base-over-apex on them.

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03/21/2016 5:44 PM

OK without looking at the other replies, I'm saying raw opals.

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03/21/2016 7:24 PM

Correct...

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03/22/2016 1:47 AM

It's that opaly look that gave it away!

Thanks for the GA!

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03/22/2016 2:02 AM

So why this subject for a "What is(are) this(they)?

I have known about them for a long time, but there's sooooo much I didn't know! They are so, variable, yet have a recognizable structure. I think that they are the most fascinating gemstone.

Thanks for the post.

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03/22/2016 8:30 AM

Uncut, unpolished Opals? Maybe from Australia?

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03/22/2016 8:53 PM

The most impressive 'opal' i ever saw was an opalised dinosaur skeleton. It was over a meter long and on display in a jewelers window in Perth.

I am not sure if this is the same one;-

http://io9.gizmodo.com/5987941/eric-the-pliosaur-one-of-the-most-interesting-fossils-on-the-planet

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