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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;all_fakes, post: 321379, member: 55&quot;]I think Any Jewelry is correct as to the African/Kenyan origin.&nbsp;&nbsp; I believe the importers do call it soapstone, but it does not look like the rock that is called soapstone in most parts of the world.&nbsp; A local name is &quot;Kisii stone,&quot; apparently from the tribe and city in Kenya.</p><p>Rock names, and wood, and plant names, to mention three, are highly variable from nation to nation; it is the reason that botanists and woodworkers like to use the latin names for plants and wood, and the mineralogical or chemical terms for rocks (MgO)3(SiO2)4).</p><p>Compare this from <a href="http://www.4africanamericangifts.com/cgi-bin/cart.cgi?category=Art&amp;subcategory=Soapstone" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.4africanamericangifts.com/cgi-bin/cart.cgi?category=Art&amp;subcategory=Soapstone" rel="nofollow">http://www.4africanamericangifts.com/cgi-bin/cart.cgi?category=Art&amp;subcategory=Soapstone</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]106970[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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