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Deutsche Alabaster {m} Synonyme

alabaster  
alabaster  amphibole  antimony  apatite  aplite  arsenic  asbestos  asphalt  azurite  bauxite  

Englische alabaster Synonyme

alabaster  amphibole  antimony  apatite  aplite  arsenic  asbestos  asphalt  azurite  bauxite  billiard table  bitumen  boron  bowling alley  bowling green  brimstone  bromine  brucite  calcite  carbon  celestite  chalcedony  chalk  chlorite  chromite  clay  coal  coke  corundum  cryolite  diatomite  driven snow  emery  epidote  epsomite  feldspar  flat  fleece  flour  foam  garnet  glass  glauconite  graphite  gypsum  hatchettine  holosiderite  ice  iron pyrites  ivory  jet  kyanite  level  lignite  lily  lime  maggot  magnesite  mahogany  malachite  maltha  marble  marcasite  marl  meerschaum  mica  milk  mineral coal  mineral oil  mineral salt  mineral tallow  mineral tar  mineral wax  molybdenite  monazite  obsidian  olivine  ozokerite  paper  pearl  peat  perlite  phosphate rock  phosphorus  plane  pumice  pyrite  pyrites  pyroxene  quartz  realgar  red clay  rhodonite  rock crystal  rocks  salt  satin  selenite  selenium  sheet  siderite  silica  silicate  silicon  silk  silver  slide  smooth  snow  spar  spinel  spodumene  sulfur  swan  talc  talcum  tellurium  tennis court  velvet  wollastonite  wulfenite  zeolite  

alabaster Definition

Alabaster
(n.) 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.
Alabaster
(n.) A hard, compact variety of carbonate of lime, somewhat translucent, or of banded shades of color
Alabaster
(n.) A box or vessel for holding odoriferous ointments, etc.

alabaster Bedeutung

alabaster a very light white
alabaster a compact fine-textured, usually white gypsum used for carving
alabaster oriental alabaster
onyx marble
Mexican onyx 		a hard compact kind of calcite
alabaster
alabastrine 		of or resembling alabaster, alabaster statue
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Alabaster is a name used in two different fields with two different meanings. This article concentrates on the archaeological and stone trade professional meaning of the word. They define "alabaster" by a set of external characteristics: a usually light-coloured, translucent and soft stone that has been used throughout human history mainly for carving decorative artifacts. In this sense it refers to both gypsum and calcite, two distinct varieties of minerals.