mmm.. i think you're right, English... the poem is fairly deep(2mm approx) but after i ran a felt dremel pad lightly over it with some good green compound, the shine came up. the areas that had the dark spots on it came up like orane peel(closest analogy) some one had previously taken some sandpaper to it, as you can see the scrachmarks from the grit. i'll probbably sent it to one of the Honemiesters here for an eval.