Blackboard - Chalk Sticks

Chalk Sticks

See also: Sidewalk chalk

Sticks of processed "chalk" are produced especially for use with blackboards in white and also in various colours. These are not actually made from chalk rock but from calcium sulfate in its dihydrate form, gypsum.

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