Thread: Unknown green\grey sparkling stone

Hey All!

I have had two of these stones sitting around for a while I have tried to get this stone identified once before with not much luck. I thought maybe its worth one more try and i will give as much information as i can.

Looking at the stone..
It has a slight green tinge.
It has an even and consistent glitter\sparkling look when the light hits. (Really bazaar and I wish the camera would pick this up properly)
It looks like it's made from a quarts
It has an uncut skin on the bottom that wraps partly on some of the edges.
It has been cut all four edges.
And, when first looking at it, it almost appears to be slightly transparent although when shining a touch on it it doesn't have any. This looks comes from "white quartz" like lines that run though the stone.

The feel of the stone..
The stone is very hard, almost translucent Arkansas hard but it can still be scratched. much easier then an Arkansas.
The stone is very smooth and is almost like a glass.

Known History...
This was apparently found in an old shed in the UK so its possibly from the UK.

This is what it isn't...
It isn't a welsh slate, C12k, Arkansas, Lyn Idwal, granite. See pics below

You can sort of see the glitter effect (silver spots) but the camera does not show it well at all.


C12k - The unknown stone - Arkansas Black


Again you can sorta see the glitter effect (Half Wet)


Skin on the bottom

Thanks in advance for looking!

Those percussion fractures are typical of a few Llyn Idwals I have owned.

Regards,
Neil

+1 My Llyn Idwal has exactly the same fractures.

I own a few Lyn Idwal stones and i can say for sure this isn't a lyn idway.

The color dosnt match and it has the diamd like spots glittering all the way through it (I have never seen that on an Idwal)

If it helps i can tak a photo of this next to an idwal

It kind of looks like the mystery hone in my thread!

The one LI I have owned sparkled just like you are referring to. That would be my guess as to what this stone is.

Here is a photo next to my Idwal.



You can see its definatly not an idwal.

Next to the idwal it looks like a welsh slate but its not.

Originally Posted by Brighty83

Here is a photo next to my Idwal.



You can see its definatly not an idwal.

Next to the idwal it looks like a welsh slate but its not.

The one on the right looks like a Grecian Oilstone - a variety of Llyn Idwal.

Regards,
Neil

I do agree with Neil.

Originally Posted by Neil Miller

Those percussion fractures are typical of a few Llyn Idwals I have owned.

Regards,
Neil

thats was the first thing that came to my mind too "percussion fractures"