I just picked this up this afternoon, it's greenish with dark stripes, 7"x1 1/2" x 1/2" and harder than a Thuringian and softer than an Ark and seems very fine.
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I just picked this up this afternoon, it's greenish with dark stripes, 7"x1 1/2" x 1/2" and harder than a Thuringian and softer than an Ark and seems very fine.
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It's a RiverPhig, very common in the creeks around Minnesota. :beer2:
Rates around 12K.
I wish lol!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Hirlau
After doing some investigating I think it might be a Charnley Forest but I've never actually seen one. What do you guys think?
Well a lot of Charnley hones have red on them, not all of them though. There is also the yellow lake and the other one I can't spell lynidawyl or similar. They are all commonly green and the last two have no red typically. I'm not an expert.
Green river rock with green river algae....maybe there's some Escargot inside?:p
I hear they're nice with butter and garlic.....
I'm not opening it to see if there are any in there...lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Phrank
I have never seen a Charnley Forest that green as the one you show. That of course does not prove it is not a CF.
I'll post another pic tomorrow when I can get some natural light. It's grayish when dry and there are some red spots on the sides after I lapped the sides
Looks like Llyn Idwal::Cambrian Green
https://yadi.sk/d/SZkkKnIVtkU5c/Wels...0-%20CG%202016
https://yadi.sk/d/SZkkKnIVtkU5c/Wels...20CG%20aj_1001
https://razorlovestones.wordpress.co...0-x-32-x-29mm/
Good call, very possible!Quote:
Originally Posted by Botanic
They are indeed. Not fair, I'm hungry now....Quote:
Originally Posted by Phrank
Yellow Lakes are typically purple or grey with green inclusions. Can't say they don't come in green for certain, but I don't think this is one of those.
I've had a few of those and I know for certain it's not one of those, mine were purple and easier to lap than this. This stone seems closer to an Ark Translucent but not as hardQuote:
Originally Posted by Marshal
I don't believe this to be a CF. If I hadn't seen the pictures and only saw your description, that would be my first guess. but my CFs are a much "duller" green than that. and like RezDog said, many of them have red/brown streaks or blots through them. Not a requirement by any means though. Mine are both about x4 as thick as this one (+2" thick), which is pretty typical from most CF's I've seen, they tend to be a bit chunkier.Quote:
Originally Posted by rodb
I would be curious to see what it looks like dry
I'll try and get a dry picture later tonight, dry it is grayish and reminds me of an Escher/ThuringianQuote:
Originally Posted by Butzy
Here is a dry picture and one of a few reddish spots on the sides
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1st photo says that it's a CG: the same surface texture as there is
https://yadi.sk/d/SZkkKnIVtkU5c/Wels...6/P4249110.JPG
or ...mhh.. I don't have better primers :(
Hardness - that's right: hard enough but not as an ark or charnley.
there is a bit of info about subj (rus):
Cambrian Green - Guns.ru Talks
It's not a thuri or smth else, but it's a nice stone and I should say you're a lucky: this example is very pure (no yellow sparks).
Interesting. Looks too green to me to be a CF. Hope you find out what it is. Has Piet looked at it yet?
It could be a Charnley Forest. Especially the last picture indicates that. The brownish crack. Looks like Charnley Forest.
It could also be a Lynn Idwal, with is also a novaculite, like the CF. LI is around 10K and CF is around 12K.
I have a CF with is similar. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...7e344edeb2.jpg
From left to right. First 3 is CF. Number 2 from left resembles yours. No 4 is a Lynn Idwal and no 5 a Cutlers Green.
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