Quote Originally Posted by lexx View Post
I'm from the uk so I think this stone might be too. I think its a natural stone. Its a soft stone thats dark gray almost black. I've lapped it to 600 on wet and dry paper.



The bottom.


I was told to post here by UKRob on another forum.
From the first look there is quite a good chance that this is a thuringian. The overall appearances fits, the breakouts are very typical and the form and depth of the scratches is typical - at least for a slate hone. From the color i tis hard to say, better take pictures on a black background. But I got quite a lot of thuringian that would look exactly the same being photographed on this surface. Some pics of the hone sides could help!