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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;komokwa, post: 641789, member: 301&quot;]OOOOOOWWW......<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie94" alt=":vomit:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie102" alt=":yuck:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie102" alt=":yuck:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie102" alt=":yuck:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Score on your Haida Argillite.....<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>This next piece.......not so much !<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie55" alt=":inpain:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>1st off....it&#039;s an Inuit souvenir item.....60&#039;s....70&#039;s....made when companies used a more stone like composition...than the resin used today.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t know if reconstituted stone was ever a thing....but some makers did use a thing called Hydrastone....</p><p><br /></p><p>In any case , Argillite...it&#039;s not !</p><p><br /></p><p>PS... I&#039;ve seen more than one auction house sell Argillite.....that WASN&#039;T !!!</p><p>hell....I even bid on one piece...that even fooled me.....but not for long.</p><p>Thankfully....I later discovered it&#039;s true nature....but not before I bid it thru the roof.....so much so.....it landed in a publication.....that...well.... published the auction results as fact...when in fact.....it&#039;s in error !!</p><p>Yah...that one was on me !!!!&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie79" alt=":shame:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie79" alt=":shame:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie79" alt=":shame:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie79" alt=":shame:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie79" alt=":shame:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie79" alt=":shame:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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