Re: [Goanet] Soapstone/ Steatite

2010-09-18 Thread Venantius J Pinto
. venantius j pinto Message: 5 Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2010 03:33:13 -0400 From: Venantius J Pinto venantius.pi...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Goanet] Soapstone/ Steatite 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

Re: [Goanet] Soapstone/ Steatite

2010-06-19 Thread Gabe Menezes
On 18 June 2010 21:18, Venantius J Pinto venantius.pi...@gmail.com 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

Re: [Goanet] Soapstone/ Steatite

2010-06-19 Thread Venantius J Pinto
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

Re: [Goanet] Soapstone/ Steatite

2010-06-19 Thread Venantius J Pinto
Thank you Gabe. --venantius j pinto From: Gabe Menezes gabe.mene...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Goanet] Soapstone/ Steatite RESPONSE: Try Goa University they have a Geology dept.

[Goanet] Soapstone/ Steatite

2010-06-18 Thread Venantius J Pinto
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