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Soapstone (also
known as
steatite or soaprock) is a talc-schist,
which is a type of
metamorphic rock. It is
composed largely of the magnesium-rich mineral...
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green and then fired. The most
common stone used for
scarabs was a form of
steatite, a soft
stone that
becomes hard when
fired (forming enstatite), or porcelain...
- seal the
adjective "so-called"
sometimes applied to "Pashupati"), is a
steatite seal
which was
uncovered in Mohenjo-daro, now in
modern day ****stan, a...
- 2600–1900 BC;
burnt steatite; 3.8 × 3.8 × 1 cm;
Metropolitan Museum of Art Seal with two-horned bull and inscription; 2010 BC;
steatite; overall: 3.2 x 3...
- Priest-King, in ****stan
often King-Priest, is a
small male
figure sculpted in
steatite found during the
excavation of the
ruined Bronze Age city of Mohenjo-daro...
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smoking pipe
traditionally made of
either clay or a soft
stone (such as
steatite or catlinite). It was used po****rly in
India in the
eighteenth century...
- for
ancient human burial practices. In
temperate eastern North America,
steatite vessels have an
unusual distribution -
widespread (ranging from New Brunswick...
- The "Priest King"
sculpture is
carved from
steatite....
- was
replaced by a wide
range of
local and
foreign stones, for
example steatite,
lapis lazuli,
obsidian and carnelian. The
intact tomb of Sithathoriunet...
- to the Magdalenian. Such
figurines were
carved from soft
stone (such as
steatite,
calcite or limestone), bone or ivory, or
formed of clay and fired. The...
