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breaking up dragon stone, how?
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ghostsword
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I must have a different dragon stone.. Quite hard to crack it.. 
Did not crumble.
Did not crumble.
I've done a lot of surfing trying to work out the real name of dragon stone (with no luck).
Along the way I came across a couple of references to there being two sources of the stone, Japan and Turkey.
Apparently the stuff from Turkey has more of a reddish\orange hue.
Not sure how reliable that info is, but if it does hold true then I expect the Turkish stuff is what ADC stock and that it is easier to break.
I could well be talking rubbish!
Along the way I came across a couple of references to there being two sources of the stone, Japan and Turkey.
Apparently the stuff from Turkey has more of a reddish\orange hue.
Not sure how reliable that info is, but if it does hold true then I expect the Turkish stuff is what ADC stock and that it is easier to break.
I could well be talking rubbish!
ghostsword
Member
ahh.. make sense.. I got my rocks at TGM.. bloody expensive, but tough as rocks.. As they should be.. They may last me my whole life, and maybe more.
Dragon stone seems to be basalt.
As they should be.. They may last me my whole life, and maybe more. Dragon stone seems to be basalt.
Piece-of-fish
Member
a1Matt said:
Thats right, heard the same thing from Rik (mlgt) and can confirm from my experience. Ordered some from aquaessentials and it came in both varieties. The more reddish/orange did break easily and the greyish was hard. Ended up sending greyish back and keeping reddish which i used on my 'green and green'.
That is good to have it confirmed.
I'd love to find out what it is really called.
Like Luis says it is accepted to be a basalt stone, but which one?
If we knew that we could actively look for more (hopefully cheaper) suppliers.
I know this has been asked many times before, so do not expect an answer!
I'd love to find out what it is really called.
Like Luis says it is accepted to be a basalt stone, but which one?
If we knew that we could actively look for more (hopefully cheaper) suppliers.
I know this has been asked many times before, so do not expect an answer!
ghostsword
Member
From where Paulo is, up north in Portugal, there are lots of basalts there, and some look very good.
Next time I go to Lisbon I will check it out, most hill got lots.. Massive boulders.
Next time I go to Lisbon I will check it out, most hill got lots.. Massive boulders.
ghostsword
Member
a1Matt said:
Yep..
These ones are in portugal:
Cabeço de Montachique - Loures/Mafra. Dijunção Prismática em Basaltos. Escoada de Lava.
Yep there are plenty of rocks in the north of Portugal, I live near a river there aswell so it would be great to go rumbling!! When a rumbling trip to the north of Portugal?
ghostsword
Member
LondonDragon said:
Sign me in, local knowledge is always good..
We may also find plants..
James R
Seedling
This is interesting as this is what I want to do as have three very large pieces. Strange thing happened though, I put a piece in my existing tank, rinsed and soaked it and the barbs hated it, sat under cover and wouldnt come out. Took it out and back to normal
James R
Seedling
I broke mine off last night by just bashing it with another piece, breaks of well easily. But as has been previously stated loads of brown clay inside. Going to jet wash it and use in my next tank
