Thread: Coticule id please.

Hi men and ladies here i have five cotis and was wondering if anyone would like to hazard a guess at identifying the layers they may have come from i know its not that easy and that depending on how old they are they may may not be known or associated with any common layers. So any way any help or advice greatly appreciated cheers.

That's a beautiful collection! i wouldnt hazard a guess on vein based on those pictures. but i'll be eager to see what other people think

Yup, they all look like coticules to me.

You probably realize that this naming of the source vein is a new thing and is limited to the one current mine. I prefer to rate mine just fast, medium, slow and fine, medium, and coarse. Realistically though they pretty much are rated as good and great. I've never met a bad coticule.

It's almost impossible unless they are old rocks or deep rocks or came from ardennes... All that matters is how they work for you. They look great though

Yeh I don't know what it is about them but I do love them ,they are a beautiful stone and a pleasure to use,and if you know what your looking at you can pick them up at a good price. I'm thinking that the second stone from the right as your looking at the pic may be a hybrid stone lots of quartz in it,and the big thick natural stone maybe a deep rock but don't have any box or packaging for it .

The mines gave names to veins to facilitate keeping track of their workforce, and production. If there are any records extant, or workers still around who could tell us, nothing has come forth AFAIK.

When Bart linked up with Ardennes and began posting what he perceived as different characteristics of different veins it became popular to identify stones by veins. So if it isn't from Ardennes it is almost impossible to give it location based on the vein. AFAIK the only vintage stones identified by a particular mine were the aforementioned Old Rock and Deep Rock. Not sure if that was a vein, or the name of the mine.

piggy-backing on BigGs thread. recently picked up what i first thought was a small 4x2x1 grey carborumdum hone. but when i flipped it over i saw streaked yellow. the coticule layer is thin but it does look like bbw below (i think), not glued slate.

any guesses as to make or model. a Dressante maybe?

To answer your question:

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

The mines gave names to veins to facilitate keeping track of their workforce, and production. If there are any records extant, or workers still around who could tell us, nothing has come forth AFAIK.

When Bart linked up with Ardennes and began posting what he perceived as different characteristics of different veins it became popular to identify stones by veins. So if it isn't from Ardennes it is almost impossible to give it location based on the vein. AFAIK the only vintage stones identified by a particular mine were the aforementioned Old Rock and Deep Rock. Not sure if that was a vein, or the name of the mine.

That's a big slab of bbw you have there and the coti side looks nice with the inclusions , lap it and maybe you can use it cheers.

Originally Posted by thebigG

Hi men and ladies here i have five cotis and was wondering if anyone would like to hazard a guess at identifying the layers they may have come from i know its not that easy and that depending on how old they are they may may not be known or associated with any common layers. So any way any help or advice greatly appreciated cheers.

I don't know the layers!! ut if you ever feel you have too many of them give me a shout WooHoo LOL!! seriously very nice...