Ken,  I've heard of dousing for WATER but not for STONE.  No wonder they
looked at you funny.  Ruth



At 8:46 AM -0400 5/11/04, Gabriel Orgrease wrote:
>
>Throughout the technical presentations, and the quarry tour, there were
>references re: rift lines, the invisible alignment of crystals that
>makes a split stone in one direction relatively easy, whereas the
>perpendicular is know in the trade as "the hard way." The subject of
>rift lines, combined with the art of grazing, or the finding of large
>boulders that lay about exposed on the ground that can then be cut up
>caused me to ask if there is any interest in the revival of the ancient
>trade practice of dousing for stone.
>][<en
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