{"product_id":"teelichthalter-selenit-kaskade-wei","title":"Selenite tealight holder \"Cascade\", white","description":"\u003cp\u003e1st Selenite tealight holder \"Cascade\", white. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name Selenite (Marienglas) goes back to the Swedish chemist and mineralogist Johan Gottschalk Wallerius. The word is derived from the Greek moon goddess Selene.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is assumed that Wallerius was inspired by the pale blue reflection of the mineral - similar to moonlight - for this name.\u003cbr\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough glass was already known at that time, the quality, flatness and transparency were not good enough to make window panes from it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003cbr\u003eThe crystal grotto in the Marienglashöhle near Friedrichroda in the Thuringian Forest is famous for its Marienglas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSize: approx. 7 x 8 cm\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#ff0000;\"\u003eEach tealight holder is unique!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"nordwelt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53695807947089,"sku":"57.871","price":13.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0972\/9821\/9345\/files\/57-871-teelichthalter-selenit-kaskade-naturstein.jpg?v=1777984555","url":"https:\/\/nordwelt-versand.de\/en\/products\/teelichthalter-selenit-kaskade-wei","provider":"nordwelt","version":"1.0","type":"link"}