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thanks for the picture Jimmy. Looks like slate, but I think it isn't slate. Seems to be a rare stone, because I got no answer on my "WTB" post :shrug:

Yes, indeed! It could be Novaculite :banghead:
LLYN IDWAL, beautiful lake in Wales :)

thank you very much, Jimmy and Neil.
Now I'm sure that I have a very dark TAM O'SHANTER!

I have another stone, pale grey with those sporadic, rather large darker dots Neil mentioned, but not...

now here are the close ups:

http://666kb.com/i/ce8hc88makf5vvlmt.jpg
http://666kb.com/i/ce8hchfzqnj5a80g5.jpg

by comparison, my white TOS on same scale:
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Thanks, Jimmy.
The colour is dark grey to black, not brown. I'll take a close up tomorrow.

Hello,

Has anyone heard of or seen a black Tam O Shanter????

Or could this be a "Water of Ayr"? It is a very good finisher, so it could be both :hmmm:
I bought it from ebay.uk.

Thank you...