Hi,
A touchstone is a piece of slate, fine-grained,
used to "test" the purity of purported gold in
ancient times, up to the XIXth century when
chemical tests began.
See:
http://www.pamp.ch/gold_c/Info_site/in_glos/in_glos_touchstone.html
Google, always Google!
Presumably, the rock was heavy in density,
dark in colour, and without obvious texture or
inclusions.
Sterling K. Webb
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Darren Garrison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Meteorite Mailing List" <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 11:58 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Suspected Meteorite Being Sent for Test
inBangladesh
On Wed, 1 Feb 2006 11:33:12 -0800 (PST), you wrote:
Weighing 2.5 kg the triangular shape material looked like a mortar
shell. But goldsmiths said it seemed to be a costly live touchstone.
Okay, is this some sort of translation problem? What is a "costly live
touchstone"?
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