[GBlist] soapstone

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In a message dated 1/23/2002 6:10:22 PM Eastern Standard Time, wdinklag@carleton.edu writes:


> There are other 
> harder minerals in this kind of rock, too, but I would be curious if others 
> on the list have experience with the scratch resistance of soapstone 
> counters.


I live in the soapstone capital of the world Schuyler, VA and am developing an ecoVillage on 750 acres of former soapstone quarry property - plant still operates around the corner --  each quarry had/has a different quality of soapstone - some VERY soft, usually ground for talc, some less soft and used for sculpture - then varying hardnesses used for a variety of counters and the main use in the 1920s etc was for laboratory countertops, remember back to those school days, they were rarely scratched --- also comes in colors from green to grey to black, some with marble like veining, some with road marks (called nailheads) - very acid resistamnce and heat retentive    Linda Lloyd - The Quarries ecoVillage