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Interesting stone, thanks for posting it. Would like to see the other side as well. Washita finish on the label make me thinks its comparable to the Arkansas Washita, a pretty coarse stone in the...

Vasilis there is no doubt in my mind that the quarry was there. But its been closed for well over 150 years i think, erosion took place and the mine and building is pretty much all gone now, it was...

Yes they do but i allready have them....

Certainly looks like a Hindostan twin, that said no mention of "Magog" , there another type of Canada Oilstone that fit the description from the old books better then this specimen, i think it...

Still to this day there are no Marked or labelled stone, and be aware of ebay sellers claiming to have one( more then likely Hindostan stone) without provenance.

My objective is not to find "The miraculous razor hone" at all, its more about making people aware about the stone, and its origin and history.
Perhaps maybe somebody will have more info on it or...

Some more information about the Magog Oilstone.
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I guess the British didnt feel they needed a rival in the stone industries and stop the quarry!
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Ive been somewhat very intrigue about this stone for a while, the main reason is i grew up in the region where the novaculite quarry
was way back when. The stones come from Lake Memphremagog, from...