Identifying Beach Pebbles for Carving?

["George Graham" <georgergraham@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Stephen,
An easy way to identify a stone that is easily carved is to take a bastard
or mill file along when you go to the beach. If the file cleanly cuts away
the stone then it is workable. A hard stone will flatten down the teeth, so
use an old  file.

I agree with the thought of being careful about taking stone from public
beaches. Good luck.

George Graham