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Alabaster refers to a fine-grained marblelike variety of gypsum that is easy to carve but is rather fragile; it has been used as a sculpture material, in ornamental building work, for vases and small decorative carvings, and also powdered for use as a paper filler and paint pigment called mineral white or terra alba. Alabaster is usually a translucent white or pink but may also be a muted red, yellow, or gray. It is soft and can be scratched slightly with a fingernail, and also dissolves slowly in wet environments.
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Getty Vocabulary, AAT (alabaster (mineral): AAT: 300011101).
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268417498: UMO. [Caption] White blocks of alabaster being worked in a studio, Volterra, Toscana, Italy. Source: Zyance (Own work), Wikimedia Commons, accessed: August 9, 2016, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alabastro_z05.JPG.
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General Description
Alabaster refers to a fine-grained marblelike variety of gypsum that is easy to carve but is rather fragile; it has been used as a sculpture material, in ornamental building work, for vases and small decorative carvings, and also powdered for use as a paper filler and paint pigment called mineral white or terra alba. Alabaster is usually a translucent white or pink but may also be a muted red, yellow, or gray. It is soft and can be scratched slightly with a fingernail, and also dissolves slowly in wet environments.
Adapted from
Getty Vocabulary, AAT (alabaster (mineral): AAT: 300011101).
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