The Rockies, 3rd time.

What is an Inukshuk? Those are the rock creatures in the pic if you were wondering. Recently built.

The mysterious stone figures known as inuksuit can be found throughout the circumpolar world. Inukshuk, the singular of inuksuit, means "in the likeness of a human" in the Inuit language. They are monuments made of unworked stones that are used by the Inuit for communication and survival. The traditional meaning of the inukshuk is "Someone was here" or "You are on the right path."

The Inuit make inuksuit in different forms for a variety of purposes: as navigation or directional aids, to mark a place of respect or memorial for a beloved person, or to indicate migration routes or places where fish can be found. Other similar stone structures were objects of veneration, signifying places of power or the abode of spirits. Although most inuksuit appear singly, sometimes they are arranged in sequences spanning great distances or are grouped to mark a specific place.

These sculptural forms are among the oldest and most important objects placed by humans upon the vast Arctic landscape and have become a familiar symbol of the Inuit and of their homeland. Inuit tradition forbids the destruction of inuksuit. An inukshuk (also known as inuksuk) is often venerated as symbolizing an ancestor who knew how to survive on the land in the traditional way. A familiar inukshuk is a welcome sight to a traveler on a featureless and forbidding landscape.

An inukshuk can be small or large, a single rock, several rocks balanced on each other, round boulders or flat. Built from whatever stones are at hand, each one is unique. The arrangement of stones indicates the purpose of the marker. The directions of arms or legs could indicate the direction of an open channel for navigation, or a valley for passage through the mountains. An inukshuk without arms, or with antlers affixed to it, would act as a marker for a cache of food.

An inukshuk in the form of a human being is called an inunnguaq. This type of structure forms the basis of the logo of the 2010 Winter Olympics designed by Vancouver artist Elena Rivera MacGregor. It is widely acknowledged that this design pays tribute to the inukshuk that stands at Vancouver's English Bay, which was created by artisan Alvin Kanak of Rankin Inlet, Northwest Territories. Friendship and the welcoming of the world are the meanings of both the English Bay structure and the 2010 Winter Olympics emblem.
Sources: Wikkipedia, James Marsh - The Canadian Encyclopedia, Norman Hallendy – Inuksuit: the Silent Messengers

Good to know!...Canadian version and the American version. Looks a little transgender to me LMAO

Figure i can tell you all I know so far on locating this calligraphy stone. In the pic, the left side of this creeks channel is where its dropping out from mostly, up and down the creek. Most years the river is high and fast making it not reachable until lately. I have gone up and down the creeks on both sides of this mountain range and was able to locate it in two creek sides. Cant find it in any other river around here except in this mountain range.
The right side of the pic and above the channel flow never find any, always on the deeper parts of the left side. It is a heavy stone and must sink into the channel flows?
It usually just sitting on the surface looking at you if you start to get an eye for its appearance. A lot of leaverites among the takers. 
A few shots of some of the nicer ones I pulled out and a group shot on the table.
A short vid I tried to take of the creek and the area with the best results, but sorta had my foot stuck in a rock jam. I shut the cam off before I got a little wet.
The only vid that turned out not in a blur of the emergency personnel headed into battle a wildfire, was just this one truck i caught going by.











This chunk of maybe a jasper? still unknown to me.







Thanks for viewing it.

I'm not to sure why? I'll ask a little more next time they open. I think they head to the USA for holidays. There are 2 clubs, one south of me and one north. Both are still a long drive in.
Thanks Jan.
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broseph82 are you looking for a block for cores or slabs. Its on me if you can keep me updated on how it cuts, polishes and holds together? Let me know if what you decide.

Yes I am still interested!

WoW, thank you for giving it a chance. I wasnt sure how it would look or hold up. Was it layered after slabbing a slice off? Looks black or a off black with ying yangs all over,cool! Easy to polish? any pitting? or undercuting? The yellow and red outside skin color must be from the hematite.
Thanks again broseph82
LoL, I guess there was no need to toss in those agate slabs. Sorry didnt catch that your not up for the harder "mohs" stones.

It doesn't look layered and it doesn't look the typical red and yellow inside either: That was my same thought, its just staining on the outside. The layers I was asking you of were because some of it has no shell "like turtella you mention" only the stringy looking ones, sorta like tribal ink-markings, you understand what I mean by this?
The designs really didn't pop out until I started working with it." Interesting...I was thinking in might thin out in fossils the deeper you cut into the blocks.
Like I said it was hard like an agate: I like to hear this!
Look forward to seeing another cab, Appreciated!
What stage did you take the final polish to before the fossils started to pop?

By the looks of your end slab cut I see the patterns inside nicely, and the shells more towards the center seem to be concentrated. Opposite of what i thought might happen.
Cool!