A couple of nice guys let me walk a plot they cleared along the river But I didn't find anything the 1st 5 times except for a small flake blank of argillite... but then surprise I think it's a piece of a stone bowl, a very thick one. Feels soapy and is very smoothed on the top side, kinda smooth on the bottom too.
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Soapstone is soooo soft that a human fingernail will reveal a white scratch. .. showing the raw rock...if you run it down a cheese grater you will have a pile of talcum powder. As steatite is largely composed of talc. Of course do scratch in an inconspicuous spot .. as that sample looks like part of a bowl....which can be 5000 yrs old
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