Thread: Yet another Green stone....

Here is yet another green stone I don’t know what it is. Could it be Dragons Tongue? It is a coarser stone for sure feels almost gritty. Interesting lines swirl through stone. There is inscription down the side I highlighted with some talcum. Leather strop on bottom. This was a present to someone.. Can’t make out the name. Alfred Byington Colson? And 1822. I bonded and repaired crack stone is usable. Any assistance would be appreciated gentlemen.

MIke

Nice one! It looks like a Grecian hone, its whet-dry-slurry colors are the same.

Nice stone, and a lovely piece of history!

The lines in it are suggestive of a dalmore blue (despite its name the ones I have handled have been a greyish/green colour), not so much the lines you see with the usual cut face, but at the sides - 'end-on' if you like, but not as striking as the DBs I've seen.



Regards,
Neil

One thing about your hone, Mike, is that it looks as if it exhibits a sort of 'chatoyance' effect in the pic of it wet. This is a sort of shimmer or moire effect that can change according to the light and viewing angle, sometimes giving you the illusion of 'looking into' the surface. I have seen this effect in novaculites like CF and LI and to a much lesser extent in a DB - but the latter had to be highly polished first, otherwise it was more of a matte effect.

The one crystalline substance that shows this effect to a great degree is the tigers eye gemstone, that shows a deep, almost fibrous chatoyance.

Regards,
Neil

Thanks guys. It is a nice piece of history. Somebody thought enough about it to make it a present. This was found antiquing way out in Kansas at the “arse” end of creation. Snagged some really nice vintage finishing cotis that came with this stone.

When I first saw stone I thought, Escher? Because it was broken, I could make slurry stones out of it. Once cleaned and tested I knew this was not the case. It does have a sheen to it, thank you for your insight Neil.

Who knows, maybe it honed razors used to shave the likes of Wyatt Earp and Doc Holiday..
Best Regards;
Mike