alabaster
noun
al·a·bas·ter
ˈa-lə-ˌba-stər 
1
: a compact fine-textured usually white and translucent gypsum often carved into vases and ornaments
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Statement lighting is also at play in Eddie Maestri’s music salon, with a chandelier and alabaster sconces by Jiun Ho.
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Anne Lee Phillips, Architectural Digest, 28 Oct. 2024
The collection includes funerary stelae, busts or statues, and features a lot of the translucent golden-yellow calcite alabaster that is commonly found in funerary art of ancient southwestern Arabia.
—Ella Feldman, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Oct. 2024
Some of her favorites to look out for include brass, marble, onyx, and alabaster, just to name a few.
—Sarah Lyon, Southern Living, 20 Sep. 2024
The pharaoh was buried in a gilded wooden coffin that was nested inside of an alabaster sarcophagus and a larger granite sarcophagus.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 May 2024
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Anne Lee Phillips, Architectural Digest, 28 Oct. 2024
The collection includes funerary stelae, busts or statues, and features a lot of the translucent golden-yellow calcite alabaster that is commonly found in funerary art of ancient southwestern Arabia.
—Ella Feldman, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Oct. 2024
Some of her favorites to look out for include brass, marble, onyx, and alabaster, just to name a few.
—Sarah Lyon, Southern Living, 20 Sep. 2024
The pharaoh was buried in a gilded wooden coffin that was nested inside of an alabaster sarcophagus and a larger granite sarcophagus.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 May 2024
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alabaster
noun
al·a·bas·ter
ˈal-ə-ˌbas-tər
1
: a smooth usually white and nearly transparent gypsum used for carving (as vases)
2
: a hard calcite that is nearly transparent and sometimes has stripes
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Alabaster
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Al·a·bas·ter
ˈa-lə-ˌba-stər
city in central Alabama south of Birmingham population 30,352
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