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The mesmerising driftwood sculptures of Japanese artist Nagato Iwasaki. 
All of the figures are part of an interconnected work that Iwasaki calls simply āTorsoā and each have undergone a painstaking process of construction over the past 25 years.
āGathering bits of wood from here and there, like an insect building a nest, I create sculpturesā says the artist in one of his few interviews. Driftwood of just the right shape and size to mimic a human collarbone or the curve of a pelvis
The #mineral #howlite was discovered near #Windsor #NS in 1868 by #HenryHow, a prof at #KingsCollege. He was alerted to it by #miners at a quarry where it was a strange impurity in the #gypsum. Its main use is in jewelry, partly because it's porous and can be easily dyed.
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The #mineral #mordenite is named for #Morden, #NovaScotia, where #HenryHow discovered it in 1864. It's used to clean up chemical spills, in animal feed and for water treatment.
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#nspoli #NS #minerals #geology #mining
#Morden was originally called #FrenchCross after a memorial to #Acadians who died fleeing the #British expulsion of the #French in 1755. A #driftwood cross stood there from 1756 to ~1820. Replacement crosses were built in 1887, 1924 and the current stone one in 1964.
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