Carving Stone

Carving stone (ᓴᓇᖑᐊᒐᒃᓴᖅ ᐅᒃᑯᓯᒃᓴᓕᒃ)

Coloured rocks that are soft enough to carve (Mohs hardness=4) including limestone and sandstone (sedimentary) and green ultramafic igneous rocks especially when they are altered by hydrothermal fluids (soapstone)

ᓴᓇᖑᐊᒐᒃᓴᖅ ᐅᒃᑯᓯᒃᓴᓕᒃ: ᑕᖅᓴᓕᒃ ᐅᔭᖃᑦ ᐊᕿᓪᓗᐊᕋᑎᒃ ᓴᓇᖑᐊᒐᒃᓴᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ (Mohs hardness=4) ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᕗᑦ ᐊᑭᑐᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑎᑎᑯᑖᖕᓂᓕᑦ ᐅᒃᑯᓯᒃᓴᐃᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐆᔭᐅᔭᐃᑦ ᐅᔭᖃᑦ ᐱᓗᐊᖅᑐᒥᒃ ᐊᓯᖑᕈᓐᓇᖅᑎᑕᐅᕙᒃᑐᑦ (ᐅᒃᑯᓯᒃᓴᓕᒃ)

Sananguagaksaq ukkusiksalik: taqsalik ujaqat aqilluaratik sananguagaksaullutik (Mohs hardness=4) ilagijauvut akitut ammalu titikutaangnilit ukkusiksait ammalu uujaujait ujaqat piluaqtumik asingurunnaqtitauvaktut (ukkusiksalik)

Source: NRCAN, 2024