Etymology: [ 'a-l&-"bas-t&r ] (noun.) 14th century. From Old French alabastre Latin alabaster (“box for perfume made of alabaster”) Ancient Greek ἀλάβαστρος (alabastros) ἀλάβαστος (alabastos, “vase made of alabaster”). This may further derive from the ancient Egyptian word a-labaste (vessel of the Egyptian goddess Bast) .
Made of alabaster, A fine-grained white or lightly-tinted variety of gypsum, used ornamentally, A variety of calcite, translucent and sometimes banded, Resembling alabaster: white, pale, translucent, A building material; often used for columns, a type of soft usually white stone that looks like marble It is often carved to make ornaments, Variety of fine-textured gypsum, usually white and translucent Carved into decorative objects, Usually used for carved ornaments, this is a fine-grained gypsum, Variety of gypsum All crystals can de identified by Form and Habit and Lustre and Colour The gypsum family can be identified by Form and Habit as wedge-shaped or prismatic, and by Lustre and Colour as pearly, resinous, or vitreous, white or colourless Alabaster can be used to energise other crystals It stimulates meditation promoting the integration of soul with self It is a stone that aids in achieving forgiveness by transmuting negative feelings It can be used in the treatment of heart conditions, a hard compact kind of calcite, a compact fine-textured usually white gypsum used for carving, A fine textured gypsum; usually white or light shaded, and translucent, a very light white, [n] A fine-grained variety of gypsum, often white and translucent, Compact, fine-grained gypsum, white or shaded Used for ornamental vessels, figures, and other carving, A compact variety or sulphate of lime, or gypsum, of fine texture, and usually white and translucent, but sometimes yellow, red, or gray, It is carved into vases, mantel ornaments, etc, a very light white a compact fine-textured usually white gypsum used for carving a hard compact kind of calcite, pale translucent stone often used to create ornamental objects, Alabaster is a white stone that is used for making statues, vases, and ornaments. Fine-grained gypsum that has been used for centuries for statuary, carvings, and other ornaments. It normally is snow-white and translucent but can be artificially dyed; it may be made opaque and similar in appearance to marble by heat treatment. Florence, Livorno, Milan, and Berlin are important centres of the alabaster trade. The alabaster of the ancients was a brown or yellow onyx marble, so called from the stone of which it was originally made, A box or vessel for holding odoriferous ointments, etc, It is sometimes distinguished as oriental alabaster, The name is used in this sense by Pliny, A hard, compact variety of carbonate of lime, somewhat translucent, or of banded shades of color; stalagmite,
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Made of alabaster - "The crown is stored in an alabaster box with an onyx handle and a gold lock."
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A fine-grained white or lightly-tinted variety of gypsum, used ornamentally
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A variety of calcite, translucent and sometimes banded
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Resembling alabaster: white, pale, translucent - "An ominous alabaster fog settled in the valley."
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A building material; often used for columns
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a type of soft usually white stone that looks like marble It is often carved to make ornaments
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Variety of fine-textured gypsum, usually white and translucent Carved into decorative objects
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Usually used for carved ornaments, this is a fine-grained gypsum
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Variety of gypsum All crystals can de identified by Form and Habit and Lustre and Colour The gypsum family can be identified by Form and Habit as wedge-shaped or prismatic, and by Lustre and Colour as pearly, resinous, or vitreous, white or colourless Alabaster can be used to energise other crystals It stimulates meditation promoting the integration of soul with self It is a stone that aids in achieving forgiveness by transmuting negative feelings It can be used in the treatment of heart conditions
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a hard compact kind of calcite
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a compact fine-textured usually white gypsum used for carving
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A fine textured gypsum; usually white or light shaded, and translucent
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a very light white
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[n] A fine-grained variety of gypsum, often white and translucent
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Compact, fine-grained gypsum, white or shaded Used for ornamental vessels, figures, and other carving
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A compact variety or sulphate of lime, or gypsum, of fine texture, and usually white and translucent, but sometimes yellow, red, or gray
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It is carved into vases, mantel ornaments, etc
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a very light white a compact fine-textured usually white gypsum used for carving a hard compact kind of calcite
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pale translucent stone often used to create ornamental objects isim
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Alabaster is a white stone that is used for making statues, vases, and ornaments. Fine-grained gypsum that has been used for centuries for statuary, carvings, and other ornaments. It normally is snow-white and translucent but can be artificially dyed; it may be made opaque and similar in appearance to marble by heat treatment. Florence, Livorno, Milan, and Berlin are important centres of the alabaster trade. The alabaster of the ancients was a brown or yellow onyx marble
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so called from the stone of which it was originally made
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A box or vessel for holding odoriferous ointments, etc
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It is sometimes distinguished as oriental alabaster
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The name is used in this sense by Pliny
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A hard, compact variety of carbonate of lime, somewhat translucent, or of banded shades of color; stalagmite
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