Slate

Slate

Type	Mineral
Location	Geode; Omni Geode
Sell Price	85g

Slate is a geode mineral found in plain Geodes and Omni Geodes. It sits in the middle of the plain-Geode price range, worth a little less than twice the unopened stone. That still leaves a small profit after Clint's fee. Its main uses are a museum donation and a grey dye at the Sewing Machine, where it also makes a Shirt. The Wizard likes it, while every other villager dislikes it.

The in-game description reads: It's extremely resistant to water, making it a good roofing material.

Location

A plain Geode has about one chance in thirty-two of holding Slate. Omni Geodes can hold it too, but their odds are about three times lower because they cover every geode mineral.

The upper floors of The Mines, from 1 to 39, are the best place to collect Geodes from rocks. Rocks on the Farm and elsewhere in the valley can drop them too. Duggies drop a Geode about one time in four. Fishing Treasure Chests, the Garbage Can beside the museum and a Stonefish Fish Pond at full size are other steady supplies. Players on the Hill-top Farm or the Four Corners Farm can also find Geode Nodes in the small quarry.

Omni Geodes drop from rocks below floor 20 of The Mines and in the Skull Cavern, and panning can turn them up. Krobus sells one on Tuesdays, and the Oasis sells them on Wednesdays.

Clint at the Blacksmith cracks geodes open for a small fee. His Cave Patrol special order rewards the Geode Crusher recipe, which does the same job at home. Daily luck leaves the contents unchanged. The Excavator profession at Mining level 10 doubles the chance of finding geodes.

Prices

Slate sells for a little less than twice the price of an unopened Geode. After Clint's fee, a Geode that turns into Slate still earns slightly more than selling the Geode unopened. Slate is worth thirty percent more to a miner who chose Gemologist at Mining level 10.

A Crystalarium copies Slate in about three and a half days, the same as other geode minerals. That earns only about 24g a day. The machine pays far better with a gem such as a Ruby, or with Star Shards.

Uses

Donating the first Slate to Gunther adds it to the museum's mineral collection. Gunther's milestone rewards count each mineral donation, with a free Crystalarium waiting at fifty.

Putting Slate and Cloth in the Sewing Machine makes a Shirt. Placed in the spool with a dyeable clothing item instead, Slate works as a grey dye.

Gifts

The Wizard likes Slate.

The children Jas, Leo and Vincent all dislike Slate. The older villagers Caroline, Demetrius, Evelyn, George, Jodi, Kent, Lewis, Linus and Pam dislike it too, and so do the shop owners Clint, Gus, Marnie, Pierre, Robin and Willy. The same goes for the Dwarf, Krobus and Sandy, and for Abigail, Alex, Elliott, Emily, Haley, Harvey, Leah, Maru, Penny, Sam, Sebastian and Shane. A disliked gift costs friendship, so spare Slate is better sold or given to the Wizard.

Notes

Plain Geodes are worth keeping in small numbers before cracking the rest. A Sunfish pond can ask for two to grow from three fish to five, and a Stonefish pond can ask for five at a later stage. The Raccoon at the Giant Stump can also ask for a stack from his fifth request onward.

All Geode Minerals

Every entry in this group, with its key details.

Name	Image	Price
Aerinite		125g
Alamite		150g
Baryte		50g
Basalt		175g
Bixite		300g
Calcite		75g
Celestine		125g
Dolomite		300g
Esperite		100g
Fairy Stone		250g
Fire Opal		350g
Fluorapatite		200g
Geminite		150g
Ghost Crystal		200g
Granite		75g
Helvite		450g
Hematite		150g
Jagoite		115g
Jamborite		150g
Jasper		150g
Kyanite		250g
Lemon Stone		200g
Limestone		15g
Lunarite		200g
Malachite		100g
Marble		110g
Mudstone		25g
Nekoite		80g
Neptunite		400g
Obsidian		200g
Ocean Stone		220g
Opal		150g
Orpiment		80g
Petrified Slime		120g
Pyrite		120g
Sandstone		60g
Slate		85g
Soapstone		120g
Star Shards		500g
Thunder Egg		100g
Tigerseye		275g