Thread: glanrafon or whatever it is: a finisher!

Very nice looking stones. Congats on a fine looking collection.

Also is your mystery stone hard and similar to a Charnley Forest stone? I have a stone that looks similar to your mystery stone and my current guess based on feel and characteristics is that it is a strange CF.

Originally Posted by rideon66

Also is your mystery stone hard and similar to a Charnley Forest stone? I have a stone that looks similar to your mystery stone and my current guess based on feel and characteristics is that it is a strange CF.

i am pretty sure it is not a CF. it is coarse, has lots of glittery particles in it and a very distinct layer structure. the working surface is perpendicular to the layers. i'll take a photo tomorrow and post it.

regards,
hans

Ok yeah that sounds vastly different than the mystery stone I have. The Fiddich are a wonderful stone though enjoy it. Not 100% how to tell them apart from the Glanrafon yet, but I believe the Glanrafon have spots.

ok, here are three pictures of the mistery stone. it feels and behaves like a dalmore blue. not very fine, absorbs water easily, has many glittery paricles in it, and some cracks parallel to the layers.

second picture from left to right: mistery stone, dalmore blue with swirly pattern, labelled mikado oilstone, all wet. one side of the mistery stone resembles the side of the mikado oilstone (that might be some kind of dalmore blue as well), but the layers look different from those of a dalmore blue with the swirly pattern (many dalmore blues don't have that swirly pattern... confusing).

third picture is a close-up of the mistery stone and the glanrafon/fiddich/llyn idwal.


regards,
hans

Yeah mine is hard super fine glass like reflective and feels more like a Charnley or Arkansas.

Wow-That is a beautiful stone surrounded by other beautiful stones-I'm envious of your collection!