Шкатулка "Ромашки", ручная работа, алебастр, Италия

Box "Daisies", handmade, alabaster, Italy.

Alabaster (the name is due to the ancient Egyptian city of Alabaster "Alabaster", in the vicinity of which since ancient times developed deposits of this beautiful stone).
The name of the stone received from the Greek word "alehastor", but the true meaning of the word is still not established. There is only speculation that it is associated with gypsum vessels, which in ancient times was used to incite them incense. The mineral alabaster, as well as plaster, has white color, but minerals with greenish and pink shades also meet in the nature. Luster of crystals silky soft alabaster. And although the transparency of the stone itself does not have, on the faces it is slightly translucent.
The history of this stone has its roots in the distant past. There is a legend according to which the name he received thanks to the goddess who gives joy - bast. Products made of translucent, glowing in the sun stone, was a sign of not only prosperity, but also good taste.
The ancient Egyptians attributed alabaster unusual properties, believed that the symbols applied to the surface of alabaster, help to realize the secret desires. Ancient people believed that this fragile and soft stone was sent to people by the gods to remember how vulnerable human life is.

Looks very nice in the interior!

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