From:
gary grossman <grossman@zzzzzzzzz>
Date:
Sat, 22 Oct 2005 16:42:36 -0400
Subject:
blue alabaster
Hi Stacy, thanks for all of the info! The blue alabaster on my site
came from a quarry in Nova Scotia that someone mentioned on the list 2-3
years ago. They just grind it up for gypsum board. By coincidence, a
graduate student in our program lived just down the road in NS so I
asked him to bring me back a boulder, which he did. The stone is very
hard, as hard as some marbles/limestones but the result is beautiful.
I've been trying to figure out how to get a truck load down here but
between kids and work haven't figured it out yet <g >. I sent George
Graham a small piece, he's a much more experienced carver than I am and
could probably talk more about its comparative properties. It polishes
beautifully with sandpaper to 1000 grit. The stone itself has light and
dark lines running through it and the dark ones are chocolate brown -- a
truly beautiful stone. atb, g2
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Gary D. Grossman
G. Grossman Fine Art
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University of Georgia
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