Thread: Coticule?

As Sebastian says... and a little more. Today hybrid coticules are valued and the prices goes up. Some, or most hone collectors find them pretty and I can see why.

I have a lot of coticules, vintage mined and new. I also have fair amount of hybrids.

The Coticule is my favorite finisher. My best ones beat Thuringians and the jnats I have tried.

Hybrids are a fair bit harder, then most other coticules. They can finish a razor in most cases, but require a lot more work and skills.

Also hybrids have two sides, as Sebastian explained.

There's a coticule side and a hybrid side. The last consist of chlorite and quartz and is capable of very fine polishing. The layer has different properties. Some stones are very fast, and others very slow.

As finishers the slow ones are best, but.... IMHO they don't come near the other layers. The most common layer, La Verte, usually easy beat a hybrid in performance.

That say, they are beautiful stones, and so is yours.

The prices are high, but the Ardennes has come to the layer again, so new stones are being mined this year. Perhaps prices go down?

I prefers the others layers any day. But I do love my hybrids as they are cool looking stones. [emoji4]


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