mathijs
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Post by mathijs on Jan 25, 2017 9:46:46 GMT -5
I'm not sure if i came to the right place, but; A couple of years ago I found this piece of rock in The Ardennes in Belgium/France. By now I became curious what kind of rock this might be. I hope I've finally reached the right place with people of knowledge about this. Any help will be appreciated. Album with pictures is below. imgur.com/a/74RNc |
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Jan 25, 2017 10:00:33 GMT -5
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mathijs
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Post by mathijs on Jan 25, 2017 10:37:18 GMT -5
Thank you.
Is there any way i can change the category I've posted this or should I create a new thread there and delete this one?
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Post by manofglass on Jan 25, 2017 11:07:17 GMT -5
Your post is fine where it is
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mathijs
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Post by mathijs on Jan 25, 2017 11:13:15 GMT -5
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Jan 25, 2017 11:18:35 GMT -5
Looks like your doing your homework........It does look like slag,but who am I to know....Sure is dark too,like the colors on it though and looks like it could fracture pretty easy.... Hey,also welcome to the board.... Thumbs up |
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Jan 25, 2017 11:27:40 GMT -5
I think slag glass is a great possibility. Does the location you found it make sense for slag glass? Was there an iron smelting operation in the area at any point in time? Chuck |
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mathijs
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Post by mathijs on Jan 25, 2017 11:45:16 GMT -5
I found some info about iron smelting factories around 1500-1600 in that area. So it all starts making sense. Though, those factories were using blast furnaces and my guess is this lump was created by a bloomery furnace.. It probably date back even further than this period. The Iron Age?  |
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Post by metalsmith on Jan 25, 2017 14:14:08 GMT -5
I found some info about iron smelting factories around 1500-1600 in that area. So it all starts making sense. Though, those factories were using blast furnaces and my guess is this lump was created by a bloomery furnace.. It probably date back even further than this period. The Iron Age? Looks like slag to me. Foogle 'sieber agate' for old glass slag and its use in cabbing. Welcome to the forum btw. Are you in Fra / Be by the way? |
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Post by Pat on Jan 25, 2017 16:06:43 GMT -5
@txrockhound would probably know.
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