It does not have to be only from Jabalpur. Its just that, I remembered my parents having a small box made of soapstone--sort of like a miniature "reliquary" which was gifted to them by relatives when they visited Jabalpur soon after their marriage. That repository holds a small ivory figurine of the babe Jesus with gold chains on its wrists, ankles and around the neck. Anyway, my father had mentioned to me that Jabalpur had soapstone quarries, and they saw many soapstone products on their trip.
Also one does not have to be a "practicing" geologist as I mentioned earlier. Mea culpa. venantius j pinto On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 4:18 PM, Venantius J Pinto < [email protected]> wrote: > Is there a practicing geologist on Goanet. Or anyone who has interest/ may > know about the kinds of soapstone available in India. Besides gorara and > palewa soapstones, are there others with striations, swirls, splatter > "patters" including with mercuric sulphide (cinnabar, used as sindhoor)? > > The purpose is to carve, engrave chops (seals)--as I had mentioned sometime > ago in a post concerning the availability of soapstone in Jabalpur. I am not > talking of something more cohesive, and less flaky/flakes. Would some one > know of their availability. It would certainly save me some time, and I > would like to get larger pieces. > > venantius j pinto > >
