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Six millennia of tradition go into our tea-light holders, so we guess it's fair to call them classics. Formed naturally along the banks of the Nile River, alabaster stone is rich with inclusions, which become dramatic patterns when a candle burns inside. Artisans carve the angled spheres by hand using techniques that date back to ancient Egypt, where alabaster's beauty first came to light. Tea lights not included. Color and size may vary. 2" Dia. x 2"H; Set of 3.
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Alabaster is a fine-grained, massive, translucent variety of gypsum. It is pure white or streaked with reddish brown. Alabaster, like all other forms of gypsum, forms by the evaporation of bedded deposits that are precipitated mainly from evaporating seawater. It is soft enough to be scratched with a fingernail and hence it is easily broken, soiled, and weathered. Because of its softness, alabaster is often carved for statuary and other decorative purposes.
Important sources of alabaster are Algeria, Egypt, Iran, and Mexico (from which it is exported under the name Mexican onyx); in the United States there are important sources in Utah and Arizona.
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