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Definitions of alabaster in various dictionaries:
noun - a compact fine-textured, usually white gypsum used for carving
noun - a hard compact kind of calcite
noun - a very light white
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| Matthew says a woman came to Jesus with a box made of this white gypsum containing "precious ointment" |
| Vases can be made from this gypsum mineral whose name has come to mean "smooth & white" |
| Building material for a column, or a term describing smooth skin |
| The "true", as opposed to the "oriental", type of this rock is a fine-grained white variety of gypsum |
| In "America the Beautiful", type of white gypsum used to describe the gleam of the cities |
| Often white & translucent, this delicate variety of gypsum has been used to make statues & vases |
| (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a carved artwork in Peru.) Hand-carved sculptures of this stone, a translucent variety of gypsum, are a mainstay of Peruvian handicrafts |
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| a translucent form of gypsum or calcite, typically white, often carved into ornaments. |
| an almost transparent, white stone, often used for making decorative objects |
| A translucent form of gypsum or calcite, typically white, often carved into ornaments. |
| Made of alabaster. |
| A dense translucent, white or tinted fine-grained gypsum. |
| A variety of hard calcite, translucent and sometimes banded. |
| A pale yellowish pink to yellowish gray. |
| a very light white |
| a compact fine-textured usually white gypsum used for carving |
| a hard compact kind of calcite |
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| Alabaster is a mineral or rock that is soft, often used for carving, and is processed for plaster powder. Archaeologists and the stone processing industry use the word differently from geologists. The former use is in a wider sense that includes varieties of two different minerals: the fine-grained massive type of gypsum and the fine-grained banded type of calcite. Geologists define alabaster only as the gypsum type. Chemically, gypsum is a hydrous sulfate of calcium, while calcite is a carbonate of calcium.Both types of alabaster have similar properties. They are usually lightly coloured, translucent, and soft stones. They have been used throughout history primarily for carving decorative artifacts.The calcite type is also denominated "onyx-marble", "Egyptian alabaster", and "Oriental alabaster" and is geologically described as either a compact banded travertine or "a stalagmitic limestone marked with patterns of swirling bands of cream and brown". "Onyx-marble" is a traditional, but |