Sedimentary Journey, Colorado Alabaster, 14"X9"X5"
Beaked Bird Head, Colorado Alabaster, 7"X10"X4"
A Spire, Black Chlorite, 17"X8"X7"
Amphora with Inscription, Indiana Limestone
Green Boy, Italian Aosta Verde Issorie Marble
Sphinx, Heather Green Alabaster, 12"X6"X5"
Mapping Stone, Picasso Marble
Separated After Birth, Silver Could Alabaster
Wedded Two, Utah Red Sandstone
Sea Born, Costanoan Marble
Strata Various, Raspberry Alabaster
Sentry, Arabescato Marble
Dyad, Heather Green Alabaster, 14"X8"X6"
Trudgery, Italian Translucent Alabaster
Outside In, Colorado Alabaster
White Shrug, Italian Alabaster
King Head, Italian Alabaster
Light Stone, Italian Alabaster
Field Stone, Indiana Limestone
Whale Stone, Brazilian Soapstone
Bird Woman, Orange Alabaster, 11"X4"X6"
Whale Walk, Brazilian Soapstone
Mesa Stone, Raspberry Alabaster
Soapstone
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Soapstone (also known as steatite or soaprock) is a metamorphic rock, a talc-schist. It is largely composed of the mineral talc and is thus rich in magnesium. It is produced by dynamothermal metamorphism and metasomatism, which occurs in the areas where tectonic plates are subducted, changing rocks by heat and pressure, with influx of fluids, but without melting. It has been a medium for carving for thousands of years. Steatite is relatively soft (because of the high talc content), and may feel soapy when touched, hence the name.
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Travertine
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Travertine is a banded, compact variety of limestone formed along streams, particularly where there are waterfalls, and around hot or cold springs. Calcium carbonate is deposited where evaporation of the water leaves a solution supersaturated with the chemical constituents of calcite.
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Jeff Arnett has a BA in Art from UC Santa Cruz in 1972, a BA in Creative Writing in 1981 from UCSC, and an MA in Creative Writing form the University of Colorado, Boulder in 1985. He taught writing at UCSC for 26 years.