How To Use Soapstone In A Sentence
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~ One carven image of the goddess Sekmet, seated on her throne, two inches high, carved in soapstone, caked with an iron rich clay, oxidized to a deep blood red.
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Natural red chalk is obtained from the red ochre variety of haematite, natural grey chalk from brick clay, natural white chalk from the chalk variety of calcite or soapstone, and natural black chalk from carbonaceous shale.
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One carven image of the goddess Sekmet, seated on her throne, two inches high, carved in soapstone, caked with an iron rich clay, oxidized to a deep blood red.
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Situated between two columns, the fireplace is flanked by a large soapstone sink on one side and a gas-fired barbecue with a side burner on the other; a cubby for wood storage is beneath.
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Smiling, she put the statuette in the pocket of a clean waistcoat, making sure its soapstone snout could not be seen poking out.
LIRAEL: DAUGHTER OF THE CLAYR
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Today all these figures are carved in wood, but materials such as bone, tusk, soapstone and reindeer antler are not commonly used.
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It was a dog, she saw, carved from a soft grey-blue soapstone that was pleasant to touch.
LIRAEL: DAUGHTER OF THE CLAYR
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Rather so," replied the Captain, "but hardly more so than the two little drinking-cups we carved out of the same kind of soapstone that we made the lamp and pot of.
Cast Away in the Cold An Old Man's Story of a Young Man's Adventures, as Related by Captain John Hardy, Mariner
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The stone is like soapstone, very slick and quite soft, easy to carve.
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Most cooking pots were made from soapstone - this is due to the fact that in Norway's rocky terrain, the easily carved soapstone is quite common, but clay deposits are quite rare.
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Other than ivory and wood, many other materials were used like bone, horn, shell, amber, soapstone or ceramic.
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See, the thing about soapstone is that it's porous.
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In Scandinavia many bowls and cooking vessels have been found carved from soapstone, or steatite, a mineral that is very heat tolerant.
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Inside, a carver kneels on the ground sanding a piece of soapstone.
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She began carving soapstone and ivory, beadwork and sewing caribou skins long before she took her first jewelry and metalwork course in Igloolik in 1992.
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In the center of the altar, to the back, was a lovely image of the Goddess, carved from soapstone.
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Since pipes played an important role in the lives of the Indians, many are elaborately carved or decorated wood, with bowls of finely engraved soapstone.
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They'll focus on smaller vessels, such as outfitters' boats and boats carrying soapstone.
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The reception hall is a bright, split-level area with a glass ceiling, alabaster wall lights, a soapstone log-effect gas fire and a cloaks cupboard with latticed doors and ornate wrought-iron handles.
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New surfaces are made from chemical compounds and are designed to mimic granite, limestone, marble, slate, or soapstone.
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a soft, unctuous stone resembling steatite (soapstone); it is true agalmatolite, a mineral popularly called pagoda stone.
Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan
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As it turns out, this stone, though still easy to carve with rasps, is harder than Texas soapstone and so I used a Dremel to hollow out the space between the fall of the wings and the figure's body.
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She reached into her waistcoat pocket for the soapstone statuette.
LIRAEL: DAUGHTER OF THE CLAYR
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The cooktop is black glass, an induction unit that almost disappears into the black soapstone of the countertop.
A riverfront retreat, built with the long view
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Potters at Bristol used steatite or soapstone - the ingredient that gives Worcester porcelain durability and enables it to hold hot liquids without cracking.
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New surfaces are made from chemical compounds and are designed to mimic granite, limestone, marble, slate, or soapstone.
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Since pipes played an important role in the lives of the Indians, many are elaborately carved or decorated wood, with bowls of finely engraved soapstone.
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On a table next to his chair, close at hand, he kept his collection of tiny soapstone sculptures.
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In Scandinavia many bowls and cooking vessels have been found carved from soapstone, or steatite, a mineral that is very heat tolerant.
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Elayna gave me a gorgeous carved soapstone skull - the skull is all lacy curlicues, and you can see the brain inside, and its beautiful and perfect.
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In Scandinavia many bowls and cooking vessels have been found carved from soapstone, or steatite, a mineral that is very heat tolerant.
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If you had paid $40 for a figure marked "soapstone," then found out it was jade, would you give $100 back to the estate sale company?
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It felt soft, almost like soapstone, but had the look of clay.
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It is a shallow crescent-shaped vessel of potstone, or what is called soapstone from its soapy feel.
Peter the Whaler
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During the Ming and Qing periods (1368-1911) marble, malachite, turquoise, yellow quartz, soapstone and became popular with collectors for their colorful appearance.
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And the use of the soapstone is a really nice choice for an alternative to plastic.
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The "soapstone ore" is composed of magnetite grains disseminated in a soft talcose matrix.
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Moulds could also be made by carving out of stone, usually soapstone or slate and occasionally old Roman tiles.
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A roomy soapstone sink - Tom's idea - took the place of a shallow stainless-steel model; the soapstone complements the honed granite on the countertops.
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This rock is miscalled soapstone, which it resembles in some of its properties and uses.
A Guide to Capitalists and Emigrants: Being a Statistical and Descriptive Account of the Several Counties of the State of North Carolina, United States of America; Together with Letters of Prominent Citizens of the State in Relation to the Soil, Climate,
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Without soapstone, many people will be unable to make a living, and families will suffer when the steady flow of cash ceases.
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It is a shallow crescent-shaped vessel of potstone, or what is called soapstone from its soapy feel.
Peter the Whaler
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New surfaces are made from chemical compounds and are designed to mimic granite, limestone, marble, slate, or soapstone.
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Above each doorway a window with sidelights is capped by a soapstone lintel.
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Production procedures across granite, marble, sandstone and soapstone, along with case studies complete the picture.
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It is the only country which still regularly uses cookware carved from soapstone.
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Solid forms of talc are known as steatite or soapstone.
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Besides seeing a shift in subject matter, she said many Inuit carvers now experiment with different media, going beyond soapstone with works of limestone, silver, ebony or copper.
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For years, small pieces of soapstone and marble have been hacked from the highway for use in carvings.
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These the doctor declared to be formed of the mineral known as soapstone, and pointed out in them specks of gold still adhering to the glaze.
Dead Man's Land Being the Voyage to Zimbambangwe of certain and uncertain
