posted on November 26, 2009 06:45:26 AM
Also, I thought these were soapstone, but I think they're too hard and heavy to be soapstone. They are stone. Any ideas on what they could be made of or can soapstone be this heavy and hard? The last photo is the bottom, which is the only area not painted.
Here's the label on the box:
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[ edited by CBlev65252 on Nov 26, 2009 06:51 AM ]
posted on November 26, 2009 08:54:51 AM
soapstone is very soft,like 3 compared to jade or aventurine which is 6.
so if you scratch it with a stainless steel knife,it wil scratch easily.
The bottom does not look like stone.
and it is not that heavy either,are you sure they are not resin?
These birds are pretty,happy thanksgiving!
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posted on November 26, 2009 09:27:42 AM
Saw your headline - 'can anyone read Chinese?'.
There is a great website for translating language, I didn't bookmark it, but found it by typing "German to English" in my browser when I had an item I wanted translated. Very nice, helpful site. Give it a try sometime.
posted on November 26, 2009 09:41:28 AM
They're definitely not resin. They are very cold and extremely heavy. The eyes are glass or plastic. Hard to tell which.
posted on November 26, 2009 10:21:08 AM
soapstone is very soft,scratching it with a stainless steel knife would leave marks.
The Chinese characters just said it is made in China and quantity =.no mention of material or even object.
I have some resin pieces which is made to imitate ivory and the bottom looks just like that,also I am not sure you can paint soapstone,I dont recall seeing any soapstone painted,how do you make the color stick on the stone?
another possibility is to ground the soapstone into powder and mix with resin and pour into a mold,just like they do it with turquoise,lapis lazulis and alabaster stone,now you can color it nicely and polish them as well.
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[ edited by hwahwa on Nov 26, 2009 10:23 AM ]
posted on November 26, 2009 03:43:59 PM
Oops, they do scratch very easily with a stainless steel butter knife and my fingernail. I'm wondering about plaster as well, but (and this sounds odd) they smell like stone - kind of like dirt! They are not resin, that I'm sure of unless they are the mixture you spoke of. Supposedly they were bought 30 or more years ago so, of course, the owner has no idea.
The bottoms vary, but all have a gray color like soapstone. I found one other that was described as soapstone, but then of course the seller said she wasn't sure. Ken (my carpenter friend) said you can paint soapstone. He once accidentally got some on a soapstone counter. It easily sanded off. Guess I'll have to find someone to show them to that might know for sure.
posted on November 27, 2009 06:24:04 AM
I asked the seller 'reorient' on AMZN and he said his mallard ducks predated the resin ear and are real soapstones.
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