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alabaster::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | mexican onyx, onyx marble, oriental alabaster |
| Type of | calcite |
alabaster::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | gypsum |
Examples of alabaster
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The Spanish were the other main medieval carvers of alabaster in medieval Europe.
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Along the east wall of the courtyard are a set of nine circular alabaster basins.
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Ms. Rogers carved in alabaster, soapstone and slate and also worked in bronze.
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His complexion went from a beautiful and sweet nutmeg brown to an alabaster white.
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They had a zone at the bottom of alabaster slabs with relief rosettes and flowers.
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The formal living room has a marble fireplace with carved alabaster surround.
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One is a simple drawing of a heart, which Emin now wants to make in pink alabaster.
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Her raven hair tumbles down alabaster shoulders and a silvery fringe bikini.
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Phyllis had an alabaster top put on it, bringing out the butterscotch walls.
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- A compact fine-textured, usually white gypsum used for carving
- Of or resembling alabaster; "alabaster statue"
- A hard compact kind of calcite
- A very light white
- Alabaster is a name applied to varieties of two distinct minerals: gypsum (a hydrous sulfate of calcium) and calcite (a carbonate of calcium). The former is the alabaster of the present day; generally, the latter is the alabaster of the ancients.
- Alabaster is dark fantasy and science fiction author Caitlin R. Kiernan's fourth collection of short fiction. It consists of five stories concerning the misadventures of Dancy Flammarion, the albino girl and monster hunter who first appeared in Kiernan's 2001 novel, Threshold. ...
- A fine-grained white or lightly-tinted variety of gypsum, used ornamentally; A variety of calcite, translucent and sometimes banded; Made of alabaster; Resembling alabaster: white, pale, translucent
- A smooth, white, somewhat soft stone of gypsum that is often used in place of costly marble.
- A mane given to a stalagmitic or stalactitic calcium carbonate and a calcium sulfate (gypsum). The calcium carbonate variety is a translucent stone of yellowish milky color, while the calcium sulfate has a fine granular quality. ...
