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Pick a piece up and you feel it: cool, polished smooth, with the grain of the onyx running through it. Marble does what it likes, so the veining and the depth of green shift from set to set. 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Pale fossil shapes scatter through the grey squares and the frame, so the board rewards a close look. Set against plain white marble, the effect is quiet and a little strange, in the best way. 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The squares run right to the edge, purple alabaster against translucent white, so the board sits on a table like a slab of coloured light. 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Blue is a colour you rarely see in stone, and here it runs deep against black, cut so cleanly that every square is exactly square and every piece stands true. Polished to a high gloss, so it feels like glass and looks like the sea at night.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrecise and perfectly made, so the pieces sit dead flat\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlue alabaster, a stone few workshops can source\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEvery set different, because the veining is the stone's own\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eBest for anyone who wants a set nobody expects, and for a gift to someone who loves the sea.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Scali","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46389977514041,"sku":"A37-DRK-BLU","price":599.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/0615\/6089\/files\/Midnight_Tide_Classic_Alabaster_Chess_Set_-_front__62409.1759825796.1280.1280.png?v=1787654464"},{"product_id":"green-black-classic-alabaster-chess-set","title":"Forest Shadow Classic Alabaster Chess Set","description":"\u003cp\u003eForest green against black, in the most exact stone we sell. 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