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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.
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 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. 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 finishings; the item is "cooked" for six hours at 800 degrees.
JADE PORCELAIN- This is a type of procelain 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: item #27112. 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 procelain, dolomite or polyresin items. After application, 12 layers or lacquer are added and the item is hand polished to a high gloss between each layer.
CUBIC ZIRCON- The most successful simulated diamond. Properties such as refraction, hardness, and specific gravity are remarkably similar to diamonds.
DIAMOND- Extremely hard, highly refractive colorless or white crysatalline of carbon. Diamonds, like all gemstones, ar judged in terms of Carats, or weight (different from Karats, as in gold purity).
GOLD- The ultimate precious metal. Virtually indestructible, amazingly malleable, doesn't rust or tarnish. Graded by purity; in the US a scale of 24 is used, so 24 Karats (24K) is 100% pure.
GEMSTONES- Rubies, sapphires, emeralds and amethysts, often treasured as birthstones, fall under the category of gemstones. (Birtstones are listed on the back of the World Of Products catalog). Gemstones are priced and graded by Carat weight.
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 artifical implanting process.
STERLING SILVER- To qualify as "sterling" a given piece must be composed of at least 92.5% pure silver.
HONG TZE- To closely emulate a specical stone found in China which is know 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 give the French Lilac process, (used on glass), to achieve the distinctive frosted look.
GYPSUM- Gypsum is a white mineral which is usually used to make Plaster of Paris.
DOLOMITE- A magnesia-rich sedimentary rock resembling limestone, dolomite is either gray,pink or white in color.

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