Definitely not shale. Slate is metaphized shale. You’d never make a mantel out of shale, too flaky.

This was the only option. Glad that they made it.

Ahh the mascot for the Maple Leafs

Ahh yes that’s correct. My bad.

Yes.

Forgive my crude drawings. I did not read it that way. This is what they described before the edit.

This is what I describe as the iconic maple leaf, and accurate to life:

Individual leaves of clover definitely aren’t that recognizable.

Have to say oak myself, at least in the northern hemisphere.

The iconic sugar maple leaves have 5 lobes, not 3. I am a Certified Naturalist with a specialty in native trees.

Overstood