Is every marble pendant here real marble?

Eleven list marble or alabaster marble in the shade or body; the other three are travertine, terrazzo marble, or cement and marble.

Does light shine through a marble shade?

The Etruscan and the Nordic Marble Spherical say their stone diffuses the light, and the Nordic Long Tube notes that veining and translucency vary from lamp to lamp.

Can a marble pendant be dimmed?

The Yellow Cave Stone lists stepless dimming and three light colours. Three are listed as not dimmable, and the other ten do not say.

Marble Pendant Lights

Marble pendant lights hang a shade or body of veined stone over a dining table, desk or bedside. This page gathers 14 marble pendant lights, from a slim 4 cm (1.6 in) elongated pendant to a 40 cm (15.7 in) wabi-sabi design.

What the stone is

Nine list marble or alabaster marble as the material of the shade or of the whole pendant, such as the Lorenzo Single Alabaster Marble Pendant Light. Six titles say alabaster, but the listings differ on the shade. Four give the shade itself as alabaster or alabaster marble: the Mini Mushroom, the Elegant, the Dekum and the Etruscan. The Lorenzo’s listing calls its shade and body Spanish marble, and the Nordic Modern Alabaster Marble has an alabaster marble body under a PC lampshade. The Yellow Cave Stone also pairs a marble body with an acrylic shade. Three are something else: the Marbled Travertine Cylinder is natural travertine, the Terrazzo Marble is terrazzo marble, and the Nordic Travertine Industrial Marble is cement and marble with a terrazzo-style travertine finish. Alabaster, marble or travertine compares the stones; see also alabaster pendant lights.

Shapes, sizes and metals

Twelve list a diameter, from 4 to 40 cm (1.6 to 15.7 in). Five let you pick a shape or style: the Nordic Dekum Alabaster Marble Pendant Light comes as a cylinder, dome or line, the Nordic Modern as a cylinder, dome or ring, the Etruscan as square or round, the Terrazzo Marble in four styles, and the Nordic Luxury as a single head or a long or disc three-light. Five more come in two to four sizes, with the Lorenzo running from 15 to 30 cm (5.9 to 11.8 in). Copper bodies hold two of the stone shades, an aluminum body or suspension two more, and the Long Tube uses iron. The Dally’s four colours include a black cement and a white mosaic version beside white and black marble.

LED light

Every listing gives an LED light source, and eleven describe warm or 3000K light. Seven list the LED or bulb as included, two of them on an E27 base, and the Nordic Modern has a built-in LED. The Nordic Marble Spherical Light is 24 cm (9.4 in) across, with a spherical marble shade and a 10W LED.