Dear Ellen:
My standard automatic foreword when somebody inquires about slate is:
“By saying slate you're saying very little – if anything at all. There are many different (and I do mean different) kinds of slate that span from dense and (almost) acceptable rocks, to slate that will actually fall apart under running water or turn into mud, and everything in between.
So which slate do you have?”
That comment is always valid and covers just bout everything about slate. Or so I thought… Until you came in with this stinky slate thing, that is!...
I really never heard of such a… phenomenon and, consequently I am as much at a loss as you are!! Only the gods know what your slate (the original mud it metamorphed from) is made of!...
I know it's a serious matter for you and, probably, I shouldn't be saying this, but I can't help smiling…
J
May I ask you now to please read and e-sign our Statement of Purpose at:
http://www.marblecleaning.org/purpose.htm?
Ciao and good luck,
Mauri
Article ID: 714
Created On: Mon, Oct 29, 2007 at 4:22 PM
Last Updated On: Mon, Oct 29, 2007 at 12:00 AM
Authored by: Maurizio Bertoli [mail@mbstone.com]
Online URL: https://marblecleaning.org/knowledgebase/article.php?id=714