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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;all_fakes, post: 351796, member: 55&quot;]And a note on soapstone:&nbsp; the general term soapstone or steatite is used for a number of rocks found around the world (to be technical,&quot;soapstone is composed dominantly of talc, with varying amounts of&nbsp; chlorite and amphiboles, typically tremolite, anthophyllite, and cummingtonite, and trace to minor iron-chromium oxides.&quot;)</p><p>In simpler terms, soapstone is highly variable depending on the percentage of talc, and what other minerals are mixed with the talc. It can be quite hard, or very soft, and has no fixed Mohs hardness, because the percentage of talc can vary from as low as 30% to as high as 80%. A common type found in Kenya (and also used for sculpture) is nearly white, though often found with reddish coloring due to iron oxides.&nbsp; In the US, common types are grey to greenish, and may either be quite uniform in color or speckled in appearance, and may or may not show streaks of lighter or darker colors.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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