Thread: Name That stone Part 2!

Thank you all for helping me identify some of my collection. Here is an interesting green stone, has a grai nthat resembles that of a purple stone I have, it's quite fine, needed a lapping and it created a seafoam green slurry. Any ideas gents?

Slate - potentially a thuri, but not of the escher or barber's delight type (due to spots). Potentially from the UK if not thuri (due to the patterning). I'm leaning toward the latter because I have only seen one unlabeled thuri that looked like it had any significant coloration, but it had characteristic brown spots on it that you will sometimes see on the side of a labeled stone.

Looks like sea-green Vermont slate to me.

Originally Posted by Brontosaurus

Looks like sea-green Vermont slate to me.

That looks like a much better guess than my guess!!

Originally Posted by DaveW

That looks like a much better guess than my guess!!

If the grain is similar, then maybe the purple one is VT slate as well, although the purple VT slate can resemble Welsh slate and Lune stones.

Thank you men! Here is a shot of the purple stone same grain pattern just different color. Lapped about the same too.

Looks like that could be VT purple slate as well.

I think VT slate is on the money with that green one. It looks like the shade they call evergreen unfading green.

Evergreen Slate Company Inc.

Thanks a lot for the help men, any idea where these fall in the "grit" range?