ALABASTER
Dictionary of Science, Literature and Art · 1854 · p. 1
A white semitransparent variety of gypsum or sulphate of lime. It is a mineral ol common occurrence, and is manufactured into ornamental and occasionally into small statues. The ancients used it for ointment and perfume boxes. Perhaps the term Is derived from ti, privative, and \a6ov, a handle, as opposed to;. with handles. This stone Is not slippery, and ore the derivation la incorrectly referred lo u and \au6avw, as if il were difficult to grasp. [s. 41]
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