Bauxite! I climbed the local mountain yesterday where I knew there was an outcrop, next to an ochre supply. Bauxite is hard, probably tooo hard but the ochre is easy. Comes out a little muddy though so didn't grind a lot.
The magic of the internet has revealed that my little ship grinder was made in Portugal by a glass pressing process. Its moulded with the initials IVIMA. At a guess it was made as a stopper for a missing pot but with its flat ground base it is a brilliant tool for making paint.
Deviation avenue has sucked me in again.... and today, taking Ian to Cardiology in Carcassonne.
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