Is that a stylus?How does this happen?? It looks like corroded steel.
I give up ... what is it?
Really? I think it looks sort of like an engorged nipple.It looks like lava rock. But it's the end of a cantilever and a stylus, isn't it?
It is probably fine when the crud is removed it is possibly fine I have seen worse things can lok way worse than they are.Must be the business end of a cutting machine cause it's not a stylus... at least not anymore.
I had a stylus so encrusted I wasn't even sure the stone was there. Yours is merely 'dusty' in comparison. After cleaning, it turned out to be a Stanton Stereohedron; in great shape too. BTW, that's a good close-up — how'd you get it?It is probably fine when the crud is removed it is possibly fine I have seen worse things can lok way worse than they are.