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<p>[QUOTE="kardinalisimo, post: 10262, member: 118"]I call it soapstone but could be other rock. Always wondered how do you date these? I guess if there is no marking the better the quality the older it could be. Or not necessarily. What kind of age signs the stone can show?</p><p>This one is a nice size - 15 1/2" long and 7 1/2" tallest points. Seems like it was broken but professionally restored. Not the finest quality according to me but not the worst either.</p><p>Thanks</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af273/kofalnik/temp/a_zps8ba09a5d.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af273/kofalnik/temp/b_zps75ad1b3f.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af273/kofalnik/temp/c_zpse0d9d33c.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af273/kofalnik/temp/d_zpsbeeb9f6f.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="kardinalisimo, post: 10262, member: 118"]I call it soapstone but could be other rock. Always wondered how do you date these? I guess if there is no marking the better the quality the older it could be. Or not necessarily. What kind of age signs the stone can show? This one is a nice size - 15 1/2" long and 7 1/2" tallest points. Seems like it was broken but professionally restored. Not the finest quality according to me but not the worst either. Thanks [IMG]http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af273/kofalnik/temp/a_zps8ba09a5d.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af273/kofalnik/temp/b_zps75ad1b3f.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af273/kofalnik/temp/c_zpse0d9d33c.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af273/kofalnik/temp/d_zpsbeeb9f6f.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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