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| Marble and Onyx |
Marble is a metamorphic rock resulting from the metamorphism of limestone, composed mostly of calcite (a crystalline form of calcium carbonate, CaCO3). It is extensively used for sculpture, as a building material, and in many other applications. The word 'marble' is colloquially used to refer to many other stones that are capable of taking a high polish.
Faux marble or faux marbling is a wall painting technique that imitates the color patterns of real marble (not to be confused with paper marbling). Marble dust can be combined with cement or synthetic resins to make reconstituted or cultured marble.
Onyx is a banded variety of chalcedony, a cryptocrystalline form of quartz. The colors of its bands range from white to almost every color (not including shades such as purple, blue, or black). Commonly, specimens of onyx available contain colors of white, tan, and brown. Sardonic is a variant in which the colored bands are sard (shades of red) rather than black. |
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| Mosaics |
| Mosaic is an art of decoration with small pieces of Marble, stone or other material. It is used for interior decoration or of cultural and spiritual significance as in a cathedral. Small tiles or fragments of pottery (known as tesserae, diminutive tessellate) or of colored glass or clear glass backed with metal foils are used to create a pattern or picture. |
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| Salt Lamps |
| Salt Lamps are created from Natural Salt Crystals, typically mined in the Himalayan mountain region. The largest producers of this type of Salt product are located in Pakistan, with Poland and Iran also offering variations.
A Salt Lamp is created by chipping and carving the Salt Crystal chunks that are removed from the Salt mines and crafting them into various natural and Geometric shapes for the consumer market. The pieces can be crafted to form almost any imaginable idea.
After the shape of the Salt "sculpture" has been decided, and the initial chipping has been done to reduce the weight and size of the raw Salt chunk, a hole is machine drilled partway through the Salt to allow for the insertion of either an incandescent bulb, or in the case of a Salt Tea Light, a votive style candle. |
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