Alabastrite is GSP's product line name for polyresin items.
Alabastrite is a stone-based material which can be intricately molded
producing great detail, and will allow paint to adhere. These items may be
cleaned by dusting, however, they should not be washed with water as they
are painted with water soluble paints.
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Bone China White
clay with bone ash added. Bone ash content must be at least 25% by U. S.
guidelines. Fired at 1800 degrees. The translucent material is finished
with a glaze or underglaze (matte). Lighter, stronger, more expensive than
porcelain.
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Porcelain Fine
ground white clay, molded and fired in an oven for eight hours at 1200
degrees. Finished with a glazed, underglazed, or "bisque"
finish. Glazing produces a high gloss; underglaze produces a matte finish.
Bisque is a matte finish without glaze. After finishing, the item is
"cooked" for six hours at 800 degrees.
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Jade Porcelain Jade
porcelain is a type of porcelain made with a finer clay. Usually no glaze
or only a colorless glaze will be applied at the final firing to show off
the very smooth surface and to preserve the translucency. Example: 27112.
Jade Porcelain is used for night lights because of its high degree of
translucency when lit.
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Stoneware White
clay with fine ground stone. Working with stoneware demands great
expertise, and is in fact becoming a lost art. Stoneware is safe to use in
microwave and conventional ovens.
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Patchwork Items Unique
fabric or paper prints are applied to the surface of porcelain, dolomite
or polyresin items. After application, 12 layers of lacquer are added and
the item is hand polished to a high gloss between each layer.
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Cubic Zircon The
most successful simulated diamond. Properties such as refraction,
hardness, and specific gravity are remarkably similar to diamonds.
Example: 27432. Cubic zirconia are very hard to distinguish from diamonds;
sometimes a jewelers loop will be needed to see the difference.
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Diamond Extremely
hard, highly refractive colorless or white crystalline of carbon.
Diamonds, like all gemstones, are judged in terms of Carats, or weight
(different from Karats, as in gold purity).
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Gold The
ultimate precious metal. Virtually indestructible, amazingly malleable,
doesn't rust or tarnish. Graded by purity; in the U.S. a scale of 24 is
used, so 24 Karats (24K) is 100% pure. 18K is 18 parts gold and 6 parts
alloy (other metals), and so on. 10K is the legal minimum for Karat-graded
gold.
The word "Plumb"
indicates the exact purity of the piece.
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Gemstones Rubies,
sapphires, emeralds and amethysts, often treasured as birthstones, fall
under the category of gemstones. (Birthstones are listed in the back of
your WOP catalog.) Gemstones are priced and graded by Carat weight.
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Pearl A smooth,
lustrous, variously-colored deposit formed around a grain of sand in the
shell of a certain mollusk. Pearls may be formed naturally or
"cultured" through an artificial implanting process.
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Sterling Silver To
qualify as "sterling" a given piece must be composed of a least
92.5% pure silver.
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Hong Tze To
closely emulate a special stone found in China which is known for its deep
red color, these items are created using an alabastrite polyresin. Hong
Tze pieces are highly polished, further bringing out the intense, deep red
color.
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Frosted Acrylic Acrylic
items are given the French Lilac process, (used on glass), to achieve the
distinctive frosted look. Example: 27205. The drama of frosted glass
without the weight.
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Gypsum Gypsum
is a white mineral which is usually used to make Plaster of Paris.
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Dolomite A
magnesia-rich, sedimentary rock resembling limestone, dolomite is either
gray, pink or white in color.
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