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    Alabaster
    • (n.) 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. • (n.) A compact variety or sulphate of lime, or gypsum, of fine texture, and u...
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/alabaster/
    
    
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    alabaster
    fine-grained, massive gypsum (q.v.) that has been used for centuries for statuary, carvings, and other ornaments. It normally is snow-white and ... [4 related articles]
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/a/37
    
    
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    Alabaster
    Alabaster is British rhyming slang for plaster.
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/ZA.HTM
    
    
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    Alabaster
    Since the Middle Ages the term alabaster has been applied to a compact variety or sulphate of lime, or gypsum, of a fine texture, and usually white and translucent, but sometimes yellow, red, or grey. It is carved into vases, mantel ornaments, etc. In ancient times the term alabaster was applied to ...
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/HA.HTM
    
    
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    Alabaster
    Alabaster is British rhyming slang for plaster.
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/ZA.HTM
    
    
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    Alabaster
    Alabaster is a name applied to varieties of two distinct minerals, when used as a material: 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. Both are easy to work, with...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabaster
    
    
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    alabaster
    Alabaster sphinx at Memphis, carved from a single block of alabaster A massive, fine-grained form of gypsum, usually translucent and white. It has been used ornamentally for many centuries, being easily carved. Ancient oriental alabaster was a yellowish marble.
    Found op http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/A/alabaster.html
    
    
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    alabaster
    alabaster, fine-grained, massive, translucent variety of gypsum, a hydrous calcium sulfate. It is pure white or streaked with reddish brown. Alabaster, like all other forms of gypsum, forms by the evaporation of bedded deposits that are precipitated mainly from evaporating seawater. It is soft enoug...
    Found op http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A0802986.html
    
    
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    alabaster
    Naturally occurring fine-grained white or light-coloured translucent form of gypsum, often streaked or mottled. A soft material, it is easily carved, but seldom used for outdoor sculpture
    Found op http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0015217.html
    
    
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    Alabaster
    soft, fine grained translucent stone: white or pastel coloured gypsum, often with streaks of deeper colour: breaks and scratches easily
    Found op http://www.selectartusa.com/gloss.htm
    
    
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    Alabaster
    [manga] == Plot == James Block is a former sports star whose criminal endeavors landed him in jail. In prison he meets "Dr. F", a strange old man who tells James about a beam that can turn living things invisible. After escaping from prison, James finds and uses the laser on himself. But, be...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabaster_(manga)
    
    
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    Alabaster
    [disambiguation] Alabaster is a name applied to certain minerals, mainly gypsum (a hydrous sulfate of calcium) and calcite (a carbonate of calcium). It may also refer to: ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabaster_(disambiguation)
    
    
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    alabaster
    1) Gypsum 2) Gypsum variety 3) Sculptor's medium, perhaps 4) Skin tone 5) Smooth and white 6) Snow-white 7) Statue material, perhaps
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/alabaster/1
    
    

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