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Alabastrite: A product line name for polyresin items. Alabastrite is a stone-based material that 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. The garden products made from alabastrite are stone finish, and are designed to be placed outdoors.
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.
Porcelain: Fine ground white clay, molded and fired in an oven for eight hours at 1200 degrees and finished with a glazed, underglazed, or "bisque" finish. Glazing produces a high gloss; and underglaze produces a matte finish. Bisque is a matte finish without glaze. After finishing, the item is "cooked" for six hours at 800 degrees.
Jade Porcelain: 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: Jade Porcelain is used for night lights because of its high degree of translucency when lit.
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.
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.
Polyresin: 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.
Sterling Silver: To qualify as "sterling" a given piece must be composed of a least 92.5% pure silver.
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.
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.
Gypsum: A white mineral usually used to make Plaster of Paris.
Dolomite: A magnesia-rich, sedimentary rock resembling limestone. Dolomite is either gray, pink or white in color.
Ceramic: Any of various hard, brittle, heat-resistant and corrosion-resistant materials made by shaping and then firing a nonmetallic mineral, such as clay, at a high temperature.
