help id cyano or very similiar colored coraline?

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  1. bje

    bje Long-fin Bannerfish

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    im a noob so i need some help.

    picked this rock up at the LFS and just took a pic of it, and from the naked eye with the lighting i couldnt see this but when i reviewed the pics the flash picked up the coloring and its looking very evil cyano to me...
     

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    well i cant be positive because of the glare and the ripples. If you can wipe or rub it off then its cyano. Sometimes coraline can make dark colors, it all depends on the iodine concentration during Ca+ uptake when growing
     
    Dingo, Dec 16, 2009
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    bje Long-fin Bannerfish

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    alright, ill try to scrape it and see what happens. thanks!
     
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    bje Long-fin Bannerfish

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    its a mix. some of it was cyano and some of its stuck on the rock so i assume thats the Coraline.
     
    bje, Dec 18, 2009
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