Alabaster caramel coloured

The pieces are split from slabs, therefore with sawn edges.

Darker caramel-coloured alabaster in particular has a slightly higher Mohs hardness than transparent white alabaster. The crystal structure is also somewhat finer and denser. As a soft stone, alabaster is easy to work by hand.

TECHNICAL DETAILS

PROCESSING

The caramel-coloured alabaster can be worked very quickly and easily by machine, but also very well by hand. Machining avoids 'damage' to the stone, which manifests itself in white patches. For working with chisels, we particularly recommend claw chisels and flat or lettering chisels with mallethead made of forged steel in combination with a carver's mallet. This allows the stone to be worked gently. We do not recommend using point chisels because the stone structure is destroyed too quickly and white spots appear when grinding and polishing. Rasps and files are also suitable for processing.

FURTHER INFORMATION

Alabaster is a crystalline form of the mineral gypsum. Alabaster is extracted by mining nodules of different sizes that are found in the ground. Depending on where they are found, not only the size of the nodules varies, but also the colour of the alabaster. Iron oxide penetrating the stone from the outside can colour the stone pinkish to reddish, for example. In addition to the transparent white, there is grey, light yellow, reddish, brown and almost black alabaster with some white veins.

Stone is a natural product. We endeavour to reproduce the appearance of our sculptural stones as accurately as possible in the illustrations so that the character of the stone can be recognised. Ultimately, each stone is unique and the appearance may differ from the illustration.