Alabaster is a mineral and a soft rock used for carvings and as a source of plaster powder. Archaeologists, geologists, and the stone industry have different definitions for the word alabaster.

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Alabaster, fine-grained, massive 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.

2023年6月14日 · Alabaster is a mineral that has been used for centuries in art and architecture due to its unique qualities and aesthetic appeal. It is a form of gypsum, a soft sulfate mineral composed of calcium sulfate dihydrate.

The meaning of ALABASTER is a compact fine-textured usually white and translucent gypsum often carved into vases and ornaments.

The former use it 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 ("calcite-alabaster", "Egyptian alabaster", "Oriental alabaster", "onyx-marble").

Alabaster is a name applied to varieties of two distinct minerals. Gypsum is a hydrous sulfate of calcium, and calcite is a carbonate of calcium. Gypsum is the alabaster of the present day; calcite is generally the alabaster of the ancients. Both are easy to work. They are attractive to look at.

Alabaster stone is an evaporitic sedimentary rock of chalky or calcitic origin. The name probably has oriental origins; the Ancient Greeks called alábastron a vase made of alabaster. Chalky alabaster is made up of hydrated calcium sulphate while alabaster made up of calcium carbonate is commonly known as onyx.