Pickle
29-10-2014, 12:05 PM
Hi there,
On a walk this morning, I found this stone on the banks of the river Tweed, just on the England/Scotland Border. Got all excited thinking it's a rough Cheviot Agate type thing or maybe Jasper but now I'm not sure. Shards of it, almost glass-like are splintering off when I go at it with a mallet and chisel. A steel file doesn't make a mark on it. It's translucent when held up to the light. Wet and dry photos attached. Anyone any ideas or inklings? I have a handful of Cheviot agate and Cheviot jasper cabs to set for Christmas presents - would be great to say that this is what the cabs would look like in their raw form...as you can probably tell, I'm a bit of an agate-lover :-)
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On a walk this morning, I found this stone on the banks of the river Tweed, just on the England/Scotland Border. Got all excited thinking it's a rough Cheviot Agate type thing or maybe Jasper but now I'm not sure. Shards of it, almost glass-like are splintering off when I go at it with a mallet and chisel. A steel file doesn't make a mark on it. It's translucent when held up to the light. Wet and dry photos attached. Anyone any ideas or inklings? I have a handful of Cheviot agate and Cheviot jasper cabs to set for Christmas presents - would be great to say that this is what the cabs would look like in their raw form...as you can probably tell, I'm a bit of an agate-lover :-)
xx684168426843