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Thread: Estate Find, ID Please

  1. 05-01-2014, 12:57 AM #1
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    Default Estate Find, Help with ID Please

    I found this at an estate sale for $5 and figured why not, it was jet black and very hard but after a few minutes lapping it revealed a milky white color, not sure if the dark spots are more dirt or the actual stone

    Any ideas

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    Petrified Butter stick with holder circa 1790. Sorry. Not helpful, but I couldn't resist.
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    what are the dimensions? i'm going to guess ark.
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    A kind of Arkansas....my vote
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    Certainly looks like a Washita-grade Arkansas

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    Looks like not a razor grade stone.
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    Quote Originally Posted by TwistedOak View Post
    what are the dimensions? i'm going to guess ark.
    Dim. are 6 3/8 x 1 3/4 x 1
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    I'm going to spend some time with it tonight, it does feel extremely hard but I'm also not familiar with Arkansas stones
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    From what I have seen online and what I think is one type of Arkansas in my collection, they can be very hard, and have a homogeneous (there are no swirls, speckles, veins, or striations in them) appearance.

    *edit - wine tasting tonight...
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