Thread: I Found It Over There

I am no geologist. From what I have seen, micro quartz is the super fine little sparkles and white dots found under magnification in hones. Where it get to be enough for lines and inclusions is where it gets to be toxic for the edge. The best example of this that I can think of is the Pierre La Lune special stone for good razors only. It has a millions super tiny sparkles. It is also so aggressive in it's cutting speed that it can over hone a razor quite easily. That is my take on quartz. Also many very good hones are from near quartz seams, but never in the quartz seam.

Originally Posted by RezDog

I am no geologist. From what I have seen, micro quartz is the super fine little sparkles and white dots found under magnification in hones. Where it get to be enough for lines and inclusions is where it gets to be toxic for the edge. The best example of this that I can think of is the Pierre La Lune special stone for good razors only. It has a millions super tiny sparkles. It is also so aggressive in it's cutting speed that it can over hone a razor quite easily. That is my take on quartz. Also many very good hones are from near quartz seams, but never in the quartz seam.

Cool thank you for the info.

There are many minerals that can look like that. You can't assume it's quartz at all. You have to know the rock and it's associations which will then point you in the right direction as to what it might be.