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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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![](200_Pendant--Chlorite-Talc-Magnesite_Schist.jpg) |
Chlorite-Talc-Ferrian Magnesite |
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![](200_Pendant--Chlorite.jpg) |
Chlorite |
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![](200_Pendant--Claystone.jpg) |
Claystone |
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![](200_Pendant--Talc-Magnesite_Schist.jpg) |
Talc-Chlorite-Iron |
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![](200_Pendant--Utah_Alabaster.jpg) |
Utah Alabaster |
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![](200_Pendant--Green_Talc.jpg) |
Talc-Chlorite |
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![](200_Pendant--Green_Talc_Schist.jpg) |
Talc and Actinolite/Chlorite? |
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![](200_Pendant--Nephrite_Jade.jpg) |
Nephrite Jade |
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![](200_Pendant--Onyx.jpg) |
Onyx |
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![](200_Pendant--Orange_Talc.jpg) |
Talc and ? |
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![](200_Pendant--Talc-Chlorite_Schist_from_serpentinite_vein_2.jpg) |
Talc-Chlorite Schist |
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![](200_Pendant--Talc-Chlorite_Schist_from_serpentinite_vein_1.jpg) |
Talc-Chlorite Schist--in the light |
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![](200_Pendant--Talc-Chlorite_Schist.jpg) |
Chlorite-Talc Schist |
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![](200_Pendant--Talc-like_from_Serpentinite_Vein.jpg) |
From a Serpentinite Vein |
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![](200_Pendant--Engraver_Beetle_flat_wood.jpg) |
Jeffery Pine--Engraving Beetles 1 |
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![](200_Pendant--Engraver_Beetle_round_wood.jpg) |
Jeffery Pine--Engraving Beetles 2 |
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![](200_Pendants--Talc_Boulder.jpg) |
Talc Boulder |
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![](200_Pendants--Talc_Boulder_pieces.jpg) |
Talc Boulder in pieces |
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![](200_Pendants--Talc_Cobbles_with_Magnesite_inclusions.jpg) |
Talc with Magnesite and Iron cobbles |
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![](200_Pendants--Using_silt_and_buckskin_to_polish_pendants_1.jpg) |
Polishing pendants with silt and buckskin |
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![](200_Pendant--spotted_Magnesite-Talc_Schist.jpg) |
Talc Schist with spotted Iron/Magnesite? |
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![](200_Pendant--orange-marbled_Talc_from_Serpentinite_vein.jpg) |
Talc Schist from Serpentinite vein |
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![](200_Pendant--Serpentinite_and_Talc_2.jpg) |
Serpentinite and Talc (front) |
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![](200_Pendant--Serpentinite_and_Talc_1.jpg) |
Serpentinite and Talc (back) |
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![](200_Pendant--Gray_Talc.jpg) |
Gray Talc Schist |
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![](200_Pendant--talcish_from_Serpentinite_Vein_2.jpg) |
Hard Talcish Rock from Serpentinite Vein |
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![](200_Pendant--Hollow_Green_Talc.jpg) |
Green Talc |
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![](200_Pendant--Hollow_Talc_Schist_from_Serp._Vein.jpg) |
Talc Schist from Serpentinite Vein |
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![](200_Pendant--Talc_Schist_with_Serpentine.jpg) |
Talc Schist with Serpentine (?) |
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![](200_Bull_Kelp_Horn,_Cholla_Talking_Stick_and_Guaje_Bean_Rattle.jpg) |
Bull Kelp Horn, Cholla Talking Stick, Guaje Beanpod Rattle |
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![](200_Bone_and_Antler_Tools.jpg) |
Antler and Bone Tools |
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![](200_Abalone_and_Elk_Antler_Spoon.jpg) |
Elk Antler and Black Abalone Spoon |
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![](200_Artist_s_Conk_Etching.jpg) |
Artist's Conk Etching |
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![](200_Basalt_Cutting_Tools.jpg) |
Basalt Cutting Tools |
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![](200_Douglas_Iris,_Dogbane_and_WR_Cedar_Cordage.jpg) |
Douglas Iris, Dogbane and Western Red Cedar Cordage |
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![](200_Hatchet.jpg) |
Hatchet |
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![](200_Deer_Jaw_Saw.jpg) |
Deer Jaw Saw |
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![](200_Giant_Reed_Container.jpg) |
Giant Reed Container |
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![](200_Cordages.jpg) |
Cordages |
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![](200_Mineral_Paints_2.jpg) |
Mineral Paints |
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![](200_Keyhole_Limpet_Goggles.jpg) |
Keyhole Limpet Goggles |
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![](200_Obsidian,_Flint,_Opal_and_Quartzite_Cutting_Tools.jpg) |
Obsidian, Flint, Opal and Quartzite Cutting Tools |
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![](200_Mineral_Paints_1.jpg) |
Hematite and Limonite Mineral Paints |
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![](200_Limber_Pine_and_NZ_Flax_Dream_Catcher.jpg) |
Limber Pine and NZ Flax Dream Catcher |
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![](200_Mineral_Paints_3.jpg) |
Mineral Paints |
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![](200_Marcasite.jpg) |
Marcasite |
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![](200_Oil_Lamp.jpg) |
Stone Oil Lamp (thanks, Jeff Gottlieb!) |
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![](200_Quartz_Crystal-Tipped_Hand_Drills.jpg) |
Quartz Crystal-Tipped Hand Drills |
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![](200_Pine_Bowl.jpg) |
Burned, Gouged, Scraped and Sanded Pine Bowl |
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![](200_Slate,_Obsidian,_Sierra_Juniper_and_Petrified_Wood_Tools.jpg) |
Slate, Obsidian, Sierra Juniper and Petrified Burnt Wood Tools |
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![](200_Rattlesnake_and_Buckskin_Bags.jpg) |
Rattlesnake and Buckskin Pouches (sewn with sinew) |
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![](200_Stone_and_Antler_Tools.jpg) |
Antler and Stone Tools |
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![](200_Sponge_From_Malibu_Beach.jpg) |
Sponge I Found, Malibu Beaches |
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![](200_Small_Tools.jpg) |
Various Small Tools |
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![](200_Spearpoint_and_Antler.jpg) |
Spear Point and Antler Pressure Flaker |
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![](200_Soaproot_Brush.jpg) |
Soaproot Brush |
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![](200_Wavy_Turban_Snail_Horn.jpg) |
Wavy Turban Snail Horn |
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![](200_Yellow_Cedar_Fire_Tongs.jpg) |
Yellow Cedar Fire Tongs |
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![](200_White_Sage_Incense.jpg) |
White Sage Incense |
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![](200_Talc_Powder_From_Pendant-Making.jpg) |
Talc Powder From Pendant-Making |
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![](200_Pendant--Green_Talc_1.JPG) |
Green Talc |
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![](200_Pendant--Alabaster_2.JPG) |
Alabaster |
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![](200_Pendant--Catlinite_Pipestone_Spike.JPG) |
Catlinite (Pipestone) |
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![](200_Pendant--Chlorite_Schist_1.JPG) |
Chlorite Schist |
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![](200_Pendant--Alabaster_1.JPG) |
Alabaster |
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![](200_Pendant--Catlinite_Pipestone_Rod.JPG) |
Catlinite (Pipestone) |
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![](200_Pendant--Chlorite-Magnesite_Schist_1.JPG) |
Chlorite Schist with Magnesite Inclusions? |
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![](200_Pendant--Alabaster_tan_.JPG) |
Alabaster |
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![](200_Pendant--Catlinite_Pipestone_1.JPG) |
Catlinite (Pipestone) |
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![](200_Pendant--Circle_of_Talc_Schist.JPG) |
Talc Schist |
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![](200_Pendant--Talc_Schist.JPG) |
Talc Schist? |
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