Whaddaweavere - Thuringian or Charnley Forest or Llyn Idwal or chunk of Jasper or...

**eKretz** · 01-30-2016, 04:52 PM

If those lines are reddish (and it's pretty hard) I think it could definitely be a Charn still. They have all kinds of different and varied markings from the examples I've seen.

**adrspach** · 01-30-2016, 05:26 PM

In past I got across some PHIG which were harder to lap then CF.

**eKretz** · 01-30-2016, 05:35 PM

Yeah they seem to have a bit of range in both appearance and hardness. By reading their accounts, some guys have gotten what they've described as some fairly soft ones, and others are super hard.

**Martin103** · 01-30-2016, 05:46 PM

Never seen a Charnley with this pattern, seen a boat load in person, online, and countless picture of the actual quarry.
Would be interesting to see side and bottom pictures of this stone.

**stillshunter** · 01-30-2016, 10:44 PM

Originally Posted by Martin103

Never seen a Charnley with this pattern, seen a boat load in person, online, and countless picture of the actual quarry.
Would be interesting to see side and bottom pictures of this stone.

Thanks Martin. Got one from each angle, both wet and dry...and in the sun - oh the sun (not seen it i quite a while). Hopefully one of them helps, otherwise more than happy to plus up with whatever you think would be better

**stillshunter** · 01-30-2016, 10:44 PM

**rideon66** · 01-31-2016, 12:07 AM

I don't think it is a charnley forest just based on the dimensions and how thin the hone is. Not that it can't be, but most are hand cut rough and rounded on the bottom. Even my labled one which was cut using more modern tools is much thicker and has rough spots on the sides and bottom.

**stillshunter** · 01-31-2016, 01:28 AM

Originally Posted by rideon66

I don't think it is a charnley forest just based on the dimensions and how thin the hone is. Not that it can't be, but most are hand cut rough and rounded on the bottom. Even my labled one which was cut using more modern tools is much thicker and has rough spots on the sides and bottom.

Thanks mate.

Yeah I lapped both top and bottom - didn't know which was which so. During that process I took off about a third of the thickness - measured about 11 x 3.5 x 1.5 cms - as it was dished and gouged.

**adrspach** · 01-31-2016, 06:25 AM

Can you show pistyres of those chipped corners without water. from these last pics I would tend to go more towards very fine sandstone.

**RusenBG** · 01-31-2016, 09:37 AM

Ordovician Thuringian maybe

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