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As promised, here are the first of the lapped and boxed...

Yes, Type #2 does seem a bit similar to a Turkish oil stone - but I'm not sure what a Turkish oil stone is made of exactly so it's difficult for me to say.

I just got word from a friend who has been a professional Geologist for many years and had a look at the material.

As he is also intimately familiar with the particular area of the desert where I...

Hi Bassguy,

So....why not send it to me? :)

I have put this information up on another forum so some of you may already be aware of it - but for the sake of those of you that are not, Here it is again:

I like to hike in the desert. I often...