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Nunavut Carvingstone Program Highlights:First Two Years in Kivalliq & Qikiqtaaluk
2010-2013 NU Carvingstone Deposit Evaluation Program
Thank you to our Sponsors
Large boulders and untouched deposit
The Tidewater Result“Bringing Back New Stone”
Repulse Bay’s Naujaat Deposit
Qulliks are the traditional seal-oil burning stone implement used for cooking, heating and light.The modern equivalent requires a generator, kitchen stove, furnace, electrical wiring, lights… and no seals.For centuries to millenium, qulliks were essential to the success of the Inuit culture spanning the Arctic.The advent of modern stone artistry saw Inuit turning to their soft stone exploitation already in place.
The Commodity? of Carvingstone
Standards of Excellence Are: consistency, toughness,holds fine detail, good colour,
polishes well, available in large blocks
Excellent softer, 2.0 - 2.5 Mohs Scale of HardnessGood medium, 2.5+, lacks somewhat with a standard
Fair harder, 3.0+, lacks a standard or morePoor still takes a file, variable, small pieces
The carbide hand-file is an experienced carver’s testing tool.
Material is most often compared to Kaniqsuqutaq (Korok Inlet) stone which is of excellent quality.
Hand-mined, never blasted. Use of explosives will ruin carvingstone.
Size of Carvingstone Deposits
Carvingstone Deposit Size
Upper and Lower Quarries at Korok Inlet
Kangiqsuqutak QullimiActive Upper Quarry at Korok Inlet
Kovic Deposit, 93 miles inland from Repulse BayTakes a file wherever touched, 1 mile long and 150 feet wide
In Nunavut, Soapstone is most often Serpentinite
Serpentinite (Soapstone) is Magnetic
Asbestos is a mineral found in certain rocks.
Alternate Stone
Tatsituya is unique, a marble deposit altered completely to apple-green, non-magnetic serpentine at Aberdeen Bay
The Deeper, The Better
2010 - 2011 Carvingstone Kivalliq Summary
Kivalliq Carvers and Guides of 2010 - 2011
2011 Carvingstone Summary for South Baffin Region
South Baffin Carvers and Guides of 2011
2012 Program of Carvingstone Site Evaluations
2013 Program of Carvingstone Site Evaluations
Qujannamiq, Mat’na, Koana, Merci and Thank You!