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Primitive Creations
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| Go inside a stone. That would be my way. Let someone else become a dove or gnash with a tiger's tooth. I am happy to be a stone. From the outside the stone is a riddle: no one knows how to answer it. Yet within, it must be cool and quiet, even though a child throws it in a river; the stone sinks, slow, unperturbed, where the fishes come to knock on it and listen. I have seen sparks fly out when two stones are rubbed, so perhaps it is not dark inside at all; perhaps there is a moon shining from somewhere, as though behind a hill--just enough light to make out the strange writings, the star charts on the inner walls. (Charles Simic) |
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| Chlorite-Talc-Ferrian Magnesite |
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| Chlorite |
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| Claystone |
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| Talc-Chlorite-Iron |
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| Utah Alabaster |
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| Talc-Chlorite |
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| Talc and Actinolite/Chlorite? |
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| Nephrite Jade |
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| Onyx |
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| Talc and ? |
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| Talc-Chlorite Schist |
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| Talc-Chlorite Schist--in the light |
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| Chlorite-Talc Schist |
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| From a Serpentinite Vein |
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| Jeffery Pine--Engraving Beetles 1 |
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| Jeffery Pine--Engraving Beetles 2 |
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| Talc Boulder |
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| Talc Boulder in pieces |
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| Talc with Magnesite and Iron cobbles |
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| Polishing pendants with silt and buckskin |
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| Talc Schist with spotted Iron/Magnesite? |
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| Talc Schist from Serpentinite vein |
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| Serpentinite and Talc (front) |
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| Serpentinite and Talc (back) |
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| Gray Talc Schist |
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| Hard Talcish Rock from Serpentinite Vein |
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| Green Talc |
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| Talc Schist from Serpentinite Vein |
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| Talc Schist with Serpentine (?) |
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| Bull Kelp Horn, Cholla Talking Stick, Guaje Beanpod Rattle |
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| Antler and Bone Tools |
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| Elk Antler and Black Abalone Spoon |
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| Artist's Conk Etching |
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| Basalt Cutting Tools |
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| Douglas Iris, Dogbane and Western Red Cedar Cordage |
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| Hatchet |
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| Deer Jaw Saw |
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| Giant Reed Container |
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| Cordages |
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| Mineral Paints |
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| Keyhole Limpet Goggles |
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| Obsidian, Flint, Opal and Quartzite Cutting Tools |
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| Hematite and Limonite Mineral Paints |
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| Limber Pine and NZ Flax Dream Catcher |
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| Mineral Paints |
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| Marcasite |
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| Stone Oil Lamp (thanks, Jeff Gottlieb!) |
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| Quartz Crystal-Tipped Hand Drills |
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| Burned, Gouged, Scraped and Sanded Pine Bowl |
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| Slate, Obsidian, Sierra Juniper and Petrified Burnt Wood Tools |
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| Rattlesnake and Buckskin Pouches (sewn with sinew) |
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| Antler and Stone Tools |
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| Sponge I Found, Malibu Beaches |
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| Various Small Tools |
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| Spear Point and Antler Pressure Flaker |
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| Soaproot Brush |
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| Wavy Turban Snail Horn |
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| Yellow Cedar Fire Tongs |
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| White Sage Incense |
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| Talc Powder From Pendant-Making |
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| Green Talc |
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| Alabaster |
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| Catlinite (Pipestone) |
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| Chlorite Schist |
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| Alabaster |
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| Catlinite (Pipestone) |
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| Chlorite Schist with Magnesite Inclusions? |
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| Alabaster |
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| Catlinite (Pipestone) |
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| Talc Schist |
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| Talc Schist? |
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