From: elisashields@gmail.com   
      
   Well that sounds like bloodstone to me, David.    
      
   I came here in search on serpentine and then realised it could be related to   
   the Columba's tears (which led me to this thread) but this thread is so full   
   of off-track comments, many of them rude, that I am reminded of why I don't   
   bother much with forums    
   unless it is so high or dry (automotive for instance) that cuts past the ugly   
   in human nature.    
      
   There are so few Columba's tears on the south beach (as of 2013; last time I   
   looked), that it certainly proves an earlier point that marble in general does   
   not last long in a natural tumbling environment. Of course there is the factor   
   of popularity as    
   well...   
      
   On Tuesday, 10 September 2019 04:55:01 UTC-7, Alan Smaill  wrote:   
   > David Edmunds  writes:   
   >    
   > > The Iona stones are pretty but I an curious about another unusual and   
   > > interesting material, someone gave me a piece, it was described as   
   > > Portree Marble, it was a softish stone, easly worked and I made a   
   > > pendant and trinkets using it. It was variegated, mainly black and   
   > > dark green with quite bright red flecks.   
   > >   
   > > Searches have not come up with anything like it. Any ideas anyone?   
   >    
   > There was/is marble around in Skye:   
   >    
   > https://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/skye/marble-line.shtml   
   >    
   > https://www.jewellerylocations.co.uk/jeweller/428168/skye-cuillin-marbles   
   >    
   > > David Martin Edmunds   
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   > Alan Smaill   
      
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