Novaculite.com is located in Malvern, United States on 104 Mallard Lane. Novaculite.com is rated 3 out of 5 in the category mining & metals in United States. My goal is to provide quality novaculite and abrasives materials to my customers. I want to build long-term relationships with my customers and see their needs met! Looking for new ways to utilize high quality abrasive stone materials. What is Novaculite? Novaculite- A very fine-grained sedimentary rock composed mostly of microcrystalline or cryptocrystalline quartz. Novaculite is a recrystallized variety of chert. It is dense, hard, and white to gray-black in color with other colors less common. It can be opaque to slightly translucent, sharp edges, and has a dull to waxy luster. It typically breaks with a smooth, conchoidal (shell-like) fracture. Novaculite is found in the Ouachita Mountains in formations that are highly resistant to erosion. The name comes from the Latin word novacula, meaning "razor stone." It has been mined since prehistoric times both as material for use as arrow and spear points and as sharpening stones or whetstones. The qualities of novaculite whetstones as an abrasive tool are still unmatched today. Abrasive Uses: Novaculite is well known in the abrasives industries. Abrasive novaculite products come in many forms, not just novaculite whetstones that are used for knife sharpening. Novaculite can be crushed and even ball mined down into a medium or form that can be used to create abrasive tools, consumable abrasive products, or used directly as an abrasive agent.