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catlinite (pipestone or pipeclay)
Catlinite (also called pipestone or pipeclay) is a type of argillite (metamorphosed mudstone), usually brownish-red in color, which occurs in a matrix of Sioux quartzite. Because it is fine-grained and easily worked, it is prized by Native Americans for use in making sacred pipes such as calumets (Fr: "hollow reed") and chanunpas. pipestone quarries are located and preserved in pipestone National Monument outside of pipestone, Minnesota, in pipestone County, Minnesota, and at the pipestone River in Ontario, Canada.
The Canadian quarry is no longer used, although there are quarries in Canada where prized black stone is gleaned. The Ojibwa use both the red and black stone for their sacred pipes. The red catlinite from the pipestone quarries is the second softest rock in the world, and it lies under Sioux quartzite, the second hardest rock in the world. Only hand tools are used to reach the catlinite so it takes a long time to get to it. Only enrolled Native Americans are allowed to quarry for the stone at the pipestone National Monument, and thus it is protected from over-mining. Another quarry is located near Hayward, Wisconsin on the reservation, which the Ojibwa have used for centuries. The stone there is harder than the stone from pipestone National Monument.
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calumet belonging to Chief Black Hawk, made of catlinite
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STV News
April 26, 2018
They had a ride on a tram and Prince Charles even read a few words, with apologies for his lack of Glasgow accent, from a song by Scots folk singer Adam McNaughton: "Oh where is the Glasgow where Ah used tae stay. The white wally closes done up wi' pipe clay. Where you knew every neighbour fraeÃâà...
BLOUIN ARTINFO
April 19, 2018
Dan Mask, Ivory Coast, Poro Society, hollowed-out oval form pierced around the rim, with sensitively carved facial features, subtle raised eyebrows and gently sloped forehead, smooth, glossy black patina, ht. 7 3/4 in. Estimate: $ 15,000 - $ 20,000. - Fine Plains Catlinite Stem and Bowl, mid-19th century,Ãâà...
Camden Haven Courier
April 15, 2018
An elevated work platform will be setup on the bridge deck to safely conduct the investigations, and road side signage has been installed advising of the bridge closure. Residents of Kindee will be able to use Pipeclay Road as an alternate means of access. Council thanks the local community for theirÃâà...
Wauchope Gazette
April 11, 2018
Residents of Kindee will be able to use Pipeclay Road as an alternate means of access. The council thanks the local community for their cooperation and patience during the closure, as work to improve the safety of our region's roads and bridges continues. The Kindee Bridge maintenance works form partÃâà...
Splash 247
April 10, 2018
The contract includes project management, engineering, procurement, construction and installation of a subsea tie-back to the existing infrastructure. Project management and engineering work commences immediately, while offshore is scheduled for 2019 utilising 2007-built pipeclay vessel Seven OceansÃâà...
Dickinson County News
April 10, 2018
The pipe, like several of Frerichs' finds, was crafted from a piece of catlinite, often called pipestone. Frerichs estimates a pipestone badger pendant he found is 1,100 years old. He said it's one of about five found in the entire country. All of the others have been donated to the Sanford Museum in Cherokee.
Daily Telegraph
April 9, 2018
KELLYVILLE. A water meter was stolen from a house on Pipeclay Rd between noon Thursday and 9am Friday. KELLYVILLE. A small amount of cash was taken from the top of a fridge in a house on River Oak Circuit between 2.45 and 3pm on Thursday. The thief removed a fly screen from a rear window.
NEWS.com.au
April 2, 2018
Standing separate to the main homestead there is a self-contained one-bedroom studio. The property offers 2ha of undulating land including an established orchard of varying fruit trees and a large paddock which abuts the waterfront reserve onto Pipe Clay Lagoon. Lovely water views.Source:Supplied.
Mudgeee Guardian
April 2, 2018
“An equal drawcard is the Pipeclay Pumphouse Restaurant where Andy Crestani crafts produce-driven dishes of honesty and integrity. Much of the meat comes from the property with Angus cattle, Dorper sheep and Berkshire pigs bred for the table. Add the quirky Motorbike Museum and it's easy to see thisÃâà...
Canton Daily Ledger
March 6, 2018
One of the more interesting items, Sampson said, was a late 1700s-early 1800s Catlinite pipe which probably came the Kickapoo site near Bloomington. Another pipe found near La Grange, appeared to be in the Tennessee style, but, Sampson noted, there has been a huge demand for Native AmericanÃâà...
Coffs Coast Advocate
March 4, 2018
This section will extend the path 1.4 km from the Pipeclay Creek Bridge to the Hungry Head Beach turnoff and once completed safer environment for walkers and cyclists to access the beach precinct from Urunga. The project forms part of the NSW Coastline Cycleway that aims to build a 1,400km cyclingÃâà...
Otago Daily Times
November 15, 2017
Mt Difficulty, formed in 2004, has about 40ha of plantings in six vineyards - Templars Hill, Pipeclay Terrace, Menzies Terrace, Mansons Farm, Target Gully and Long Gully - in the shadow of its namesake. For its full year ended June, Foley's had total assets of $128.4 million and $10 million debt.
Otago Daily Times
October 24, 2017
Mt Difficulty has about 40ha of plantings in six vineyards in the shadow of its namesake - Templars Hill, Pipeclay Terrace, Menzies Terrace, Mansons Farm, Target Gully and Long Gully. Mr Turnbull said any transaction was expected to be subject to conditions, including Foley shareholder approval andÃâà...
The Australian
October 20, 2017
On Sunday morning we stop at Pipeclay Pumphouse restaurant at the Robert Stein Vineyard. This is another of Mudgee's flash eating joints and we are lucky to get a seat. The restaurant, in a building best described as shearing shed chic, looks out over a dam to the vineyards beyond. I have a mushroomÃâà...
Royal Society of Chemistry
August 7, 2017
Cover the demonstration desk with heat-resistant mats and set up the Bunsen, tripod and pipe-clay triangle. The nickel crucible should fit snugly in the pipe-clay triangle. Bend the ends of the triangle's wires around the frame of the tripod to secure it in position so the crucible does not tip when the flame isÃâà...
Atlas Obscura
April 4, 2017
Pipestone, Minnesota takes its name from the abundance of local catlinite, which is traditionally used by various tribes of Plains Indians to craft ceremonial pipes. The catlinite quarry just north of Pipestone, now protected by the National Park Service as the Pipestone National Monument, has been called the “Crossroads ofÃâà...
Worthington Daily Globe
January 29, 2015
Requests for the quarriers and pipe makers at Pipestone to stop selling products from the catlinite harvested at the Pipestone National Monument is nothing new. The Johnstons and some of their fellow members of the Keepers of the Sacred Tradition of Pipemakers say the issue has been raised for years.
Phys.Org
December 18, 2012
About 65 percent were carved from flint clay found only in northern Illinois and 18 percent were made of a stone called catlinite – from Minnesota. The researchers are still puzzling over how most of these materials made it to Ohio from Illinois, and are baffled by another new discovery. Pipes from a site onlyÃâà...
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