Pagodite or agalmatolite is a variety of pyrophyllite used by Chinese artisans for carvings in pagodas and similar objects.[1] Usually soft and sometimes soapy, it can be a greyish green or greyish yellow colour.[2] It is sometimes also referred to (loosely) as soapstone.[3] Small pagodite pieces are used as traditional writing tools in Japan.
^"Agalmatolite". Encyclopaedia Britannica. Vol. 1 (14 ed.). 1930. p. 337.
^Mohsen Manutchehr-Danai (9 March 2013). Dictionary of Gems and Gemology. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 351. ISBN 978-3-662-04288-5. Excerpts available at Google Books.
^Nicholas Belfield Dennys (2012) [first published 1867]. The Treaty Ports of China and Japan: A Complete Guide to the Open Ports of Those Countries, Together with Peking, Yedo, Hongkong and Macao. Cambridge University Press. p. 278. ISBN 978-1-108-04590-2. Excerpts available at Google Books.
Pagodite or agalmatolite is a variety of pyrophyllite used by Chinese artisans for carvings in pagodas and similar objects. Usually soft and sometimes...
carvings are included with pyrophyllite under the terms agalmatolite and pagodite.[citation needed] Pyrophyllite is easily machineable and has excellent...
entirely wooden, but later versions used natural human teeth or sculpted pagodite, ivory, or animal horn for the teeth. These dentures were built with a...
entirely wooden, but later versions used natural human teeth or sculpted pagodite, ivory, or animal horn for the teeth. These dentures were built with a...