I must emphasize that the Albany vein graphite deposit is extremely rare and it,s unique in terms of it,s size and ready made concoction by freak of nature.Such occurrence is where dreams are made of and rarely repeat itself in history.There had been a couple of very small deposits in the past somewhere in the British iles and almost all of the graphite from these mines were being used up for pencil making until they were totally depleted.The grades from these ores were fantastic.