Gazzar Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 In the garden I keep finding stones that look molten. They also feel dense, heavier in the hand than they should be. Are they iron ore? They're slightly attractive to a magnet. The Forest was known for coal and iron for millennia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickwilliams Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 If they look molten then I'd think they are more likely to be slag left over from a smelting process. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigj66 Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 Looks very similar to the slag deposits that were left over from an old ironworks that we had up here on the North Wales coast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThreePointFive Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 The girlfriend (geology PHD) is only willing to tell me it doesn't look like a natural formation. If I make her "work" on a Sunday I'll only get an invoice in the post so that's about as far as that road takes us... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WesBrooks Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 More likely slag but heavy, metalic, and signs of melting also ticks boxes for meteorite. Far more likely to be slag if spread over a large area and the geologist didn't say meteor straight away as I believe they have decent value! Had a look at the old maps websites to see if there was a foundry nearby? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzar Posted June 7, 2020 Author Share Posted June 7, 2020 Foundry slag is probably the best explanation. The house is between Lower Forge and Middle Forge, is a stone's throw away from the old tin works, and beside an old cement works. Interesting! Never seen that sort of stuff before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mo Murphy Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 Slag has been used as a road dressing for centuries. Mo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 58 minutes ago, ThreePointFive said: The girlfriend (geology PHD) is only willing to tell me it doesn't look like a natural formation. If I make her "work" on a Sunday I'll only get an invoice in the post so that's about as far as that road takes us... Just forward the invoice to Gazzer it's his fault 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzar Posted June 7, 2020 Author Share Posted June 7, 2020 Soz. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WesBrooks Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 2 hours ago, ThreePointFive said: If I make her "work" on a Sunday... Any one else read that as an assessment on the level of application required in the field of Geology to earn coin? 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzar Posted June 7, 2020 Author Share Posted June 7, 2020 Don't know. The only geologist I knew went off to run an oil company. After retaining as an accountant...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nonimouse Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 (edited) It's slag - I confirmed with one of my Geo-tech Engineers; but there are lost of different forms of slag. This is more likely the second or third scraping off the molten iron. The first scraping looks like badly cast concrete Not to be confused with clinker - the burnt residue form a blast furnace - used as road infill and mildly toxic Or PFA (Pulverised Fly Ash) - residue from a coal fired power station - used for motorway embankments and bit mounds, up to the late 80's; (Beloved of Badgers) Edited June 8, 2020 by Nonimouse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mo Murphy Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 You slag You mug You slag You mug (With thanks to the fast show 😂) Mo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snagger Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 Very educational, this thread, especially in that the profanity filters allow the word SLAG! Noted...😉 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzar Posted June 8, 2020 Author Share Posted June 8, 2020 Is slag a profanity? What does it mean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snagger Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 42 minutes ago, Gazzar said: Is slag a profanity? What does it mean? Enough to upset the perpetually outraged whiners who got the Pot Noodle adverts banned from tv. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzar Posted June 8, 2020 Author Share Posted June 8, 2020 That's not helpful, as that description applies to everything. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Sparkes Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 2 hours ago, Gazzar said: Is slag a profanity? What does it mean? Good Grief; this is boring. There are no doubt other dictionaries, but at the first instance try the Online Slang Dictionary entry for slag; see if you can follow the links. Regards. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzar Posted June 8, 2020 Author Share Posted June 8, 2020 Oh dear, am I boring you? 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nonimouse Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 When I was still working in Land Rec, the most interesting slag we found on site, was in Poole (Tatnum Park for those that know Poole). It was the site of a glass foundry - making glass ingots for the glass industry in the Victorian times. Glass slag is amazing stuff - vicious, mind. From chunks resembling Chert and Obsidian; some as big as a wheelbarrow, through to lumps of what looked like ice with oil in... As we were building playing fields for a primary school, it made for an interesting job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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