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    can anyone tell me what type of stone this is. I only find it at one very specific location on a beach here on Long Island. In its natural state it is very smooth and has a brownish color with specks of light material within. It is a hard material but I am able to work it into some beautiful objects using a Dremel with various grinding and diamond bits. While I am grinding the stone it has a grey appearance but after a lot of sanding and polishing it ends up looking like dark chocolate.

    New York

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    I don’t know but those are very impressive pieces

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    • Lindenmeier-Man
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      I agree Tam, I’m impressed !

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    Hey Kaz, Very nice work you have done. A friend made me a pendant that looks like that material. He called it Channel Coal.
    Michigan Yooper
    If You Don’t Stand for Something, You’ll Fall for Anything

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    • SurfaceHunter
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      I was thinking Cannel Coal as well NA people liked it to

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    Originally posted by Ron Kelley View Post
    Hey Kaz, Very nice work you have done. A friend made me a pendant that looks like that material. He called it Channel Coal.
    Thanks for your reply Ron. If you have a pic of your pendant I would like to see it. This is a pendant I made that is a miniature replica of a real pendant that I acquired from a friend. It was found on eastern Long Island many years ago.


    New York

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    • #5
      Not sure the material is cannel coal but great work!
      Searching the fields of NW Indiana and SW Michigan

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      • #6
        Hey Kaz, This is the pendant that Josh gave me:
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        Michigan Yooper
        If You Don’t Stand for Something, You’ll Fall for Anything

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        • Kaz
          Kaz commented
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          That's cool. Thanks for the look.

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        A friend asked me to make him a cross. I made it this morning and finished up polishing and drilling a hole a little while ago.
        New York

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        • #8
          Something new. Still would love to know stone type if anyone has any idea. Thanks

          New York

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          • #9
            Nice work and Cannel coal has my vote also
            NW Georgia,

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            • #10
              I don’t know what channel or Cannel coal is, but is there any reason to suspect it’s something other than flint?

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              • #11
                Originally posted by RIPirate View Post
                I don’t know what channel or Cannel coal is, but is there any reason to suspect it’s something other than flint?
                As far as I know you can’t grind flint into shape
                NW Georgia,

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                • #12
                  Made another fluke today.

                  New York

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                  • #13
                    Love your work, especially the fish.

                    Whatever that material is, it's perfect for purpose.

                    Has it got some weight to it?


                    California

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                    • Kaz
                      Kaz commented
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                      Yea definitely a solid hard stone with some weight. Takes me a few hrs to make something like this.

                  • #14
                    Originally posted by SurfaceHunter View Post

                    As far as I know you can’t grind flint into shape
                    Oh — you totally can. I’m pretty sure flint is just grey/black chalcedony/quartzite. It’s mega hard, but I work with it all the time. I’m a shell carver, primarily, though, and it’s taken me about 3 years to feel I have any kind of handle on rock & mineral ID, and I’m rarely really certain. But I’m pretty sure that can be called flint — do an image search of “carved flint” — here’s a link with its the properties of flint:
                    A nodular chert, often grey/black, formed as nodules in Creataceous chalk.

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                    • #15
                      Thanks this post is great! Nice stones, artifacts, art.
                      New Jersey

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