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It occurs in parts of Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas, as well as in Japan and parts of the Middle East. The name novaculite is derived from the Latin word novacula, meaning a sharp knife, dagger, or razor, [2] in reference to its use in sharpening. The first recorded use of the term whetstone was in reference to a honing stone from Arkansas. [3]
Quercus arkansana, the Arkansas oak, is a species of oak tree. It is native to the southeastern United States (eastern Texas, southern Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and the Florida Panhandle). [3] It is threatened by use of its habitat for pine plantations, clearing of land, and diebacks that may be caused by drought.
Different veins of this stone are suitable for knives, tools, and razors respectively. Certain versions (such as La Veinette) are very sought after for razor honing. [9] The hard stone of Charnwood Forest in northwest Leicestershire, England, has been quarried for centuries, [10] and was a source of whetstones and quern-stones.
Quercus acerifolia (also called maple-leaf oak) is a rare North American species of oak in the red oak section of Quercus (known as Lobatae). It is endemic to just four locations within the Ouachita Mountains of the State of Arkansas. [3] [4] The tree sometimes reaches a height of 15 meters (50 feet).
Quercus similis, the swamp post oak or bottomland post oak, is an oak species native to the southeastern and south-central United States. The greatest concentration of populations is in Louisiana and Arkansas, Mississippi, and eastern Texas, with isolated population in Missouri, Alabama, and the Coastal Plain of Georgia and South Carolina.
It is fast-growing and usually has a pleasing red color in autumn, much more reliably so than the pin oak. This species was for years erroneously called Quercus nuttallii, but it is now known as Q. texana; this has created much confusion with Texas red oak, which was known as Q. texana but is now known as Q. buckleyi. [8]