Ron Swanson Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 Hey everybody, glad to have found your forum here. I'm a woodworker and use various crushed materials including soapstone as inlay substrate in some of my pieces, and I thought I'd venture out into the mineralogy world to see if I might find some advice. I'm in search of new color tones of the blue and green type but I'm unfamiliar with what minerals might be of use to me. Would you have any suggestions for what minerals I might take a look at for future potential color sources? Dark / solid hues tend not to work as well with the natural wood colors, but the medium hues certainly do. A material need not be as soft as soapstone to be useful, just crushable (if that's even a word). Thanks, I'm all ears! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morlock Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 Azurite for blue. Malachite for green. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nugget Shooter Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 Yep look at copper minerals as suggested, do you have any photos of your work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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