Selenite tealight holder "Cascade", white

Selenite tealight holder "Cascade", white

1st Selenite tealight holder "Cascade", white.

The name Selenite (Marienglas) goes back to the Swedish chemist and mineralogist Johan Gottschalk Wallerius. The word is derived from the Greek moon goddess Selene.

It is assumed that Wallerius was inspired by the pale blue reflection of the mineral - similar to moonlight - for this name.
The mineral was already known to the Romans, who called it Lapis specularis ("mirror stone" or freely translated "transparent stone"). They used it to make windows.

Although glass was already known at that time, the quality, flatness and transparency were not good enough to make window panes from it.

The Roman historian Pliny the Elder (23-79) described in his encyclopedia Naturalis historia the mining and processing of Lapis specularis into window panes and lamps.
The crystal grotto in the Marienglashöhle near Friedrichroda in the Thuringian Forest is famous for its Marienglas.

Size: approx. 7 x 8 cm

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