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The working of alabaster in Egypt. Alabaster is used mainly for ornamental carvings, and though normally translucent, can be given an opaque, marblelike appearance by heat treatment.

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.

Alabaster

Town in Shelby County, central Alabama, USA; population (1990) 14,700. It is situated 31 km/19 mi south of Birmingham, Alabama. Formerly a small agricultural and limestone shipping community, it has grown quickly since the 1970s as a Birmingham suburb.



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