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Pyrophyllite videos

Direct Stone Carving

I made this video using Windows Movie Maker as part of a tutorial for youtube.com/nuubtv Normally I would have used Sony Vegas Pro or perhaps MQ so that I would have more control on the audio levels. I think it turned out pretty nice in any case. Normally I carve alabaster. You can see some of my finished pieces at: http://www.imag3.com/xxaxx/sculpture/stone/ The stones are black chlorite and deep purple Pyrophyllite. If you look at Embrace (http://www.imag3.com/xxaxx/sculpture/stone/embrace/) you can see how the chlorite polishes.

Gibbsite Al(OH)3

Blue octahedra are Al3+, red atoms are oxygen, pink are hydrogens. Gibbsite is a key structure in the sheet silicates, forming the octahedral sheet in kaolinite, pyrophyllite, and muscovite Made with the CrystalMaker code