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A hard, compact variety of carbonate of lime, somewhat translucent, or of banded shades of color; stalagmite. The name is used in this sense by Pliny. It is sometimes distinguished as oriental alabaster.
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A kind of marble or alabaster, sometimes used for windows on account of its transparency.
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A mineral consisting of the hydrous sulphate of lime (calcium). When calcined, it forms plaster of Paris. Selenite is a transparent, crystalline variety; alabaster, a fine, white, massive variety.
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Of, pertaining to, or like, alabaster; as alabastrine limbs.
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A box or vessel for holding odoriferous ointments, etc.; -- so called from the stone of which it was originally made.
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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. It is carved into vases, mantel ornaments, etc.
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