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This stone is
"light jade"
in color. (A painter would add a drop of blue to the green to achieve the
exact hue.) It has a distinctive, wavy banding of darker
greens. It has a curious and distinctive manner of breaking.
To one sculptor, it breaks "like chocolate", to another, its cleavage
pattern "suggests the mesas,
arroyos, and other erosion elements of a southwestern desert".
Most sculptors like to utilize its attractive broken edges in
their work. One Duck Greenstone is harder than
marble, but softer than granite. It should be worked by
grinding, not chipping. Not for amateurs, gluing is often
required.
A metamorphosed
mudstone, technically an “argillite”, this stone formed from the
compression of sediments on the ocean floor. Not a calcium
carbonate, it will not deteriorate in the outdoors. Its polish
will be long lasting.
This stone comes from the One Duck Lake area of
Prince of Wales Island.
Ceba Blue is a color variety of Prince of Wales
Greenstone. It is precisely the same stone but the color is more blue
than green. It is a bluish grey.
To see raw stone, go to Prince of
Wales Greenstone Photo Gallery To see finished products, go to
Functional Art,
Garden Art, and
Sculpture To see natural sculpture, go to
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