Alabaster — is a name applied to varieties of two distinct minerals: gypsum (a hydrous sulfate of calcium) and calcite (a carbonate of calcium). The former is the alabaster of the present day; the latter is generally the alabaster of the ancients. The two… … Wikipedia
Alabaster — massiges Aggregat Chemische Formel CaSO4 · 2 H2O Mineralklasse Wasserhaltige Sulfate ohne fremde Anionen siehe Gips (nach Strunz) siehe Gips … Deutsch Wikipedia
Alabaster — • The substance commonly known as alabaster is a fine grained variety of gypsum. Oriental alabaster, the alabastrites of the classical writers, is a translucent marble obtained from stalagmitic deposits Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006.… … Catholic encyclopedia
Alabaster — Sm Edelgips erw. fach. (12. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus l. alabaster m., alabastrum n., dieses aus gr. alábastros m. und on n. (älter gr. alábastos) Alabaster (als Mineral), aus Alabaster gefertigtes Salbengefäß . Wohl zu einem ägyptischen Wort … Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache
alabaster — [al′ə bas΄tər] n. [ME < OFr alabastre < L alabaster < Gr alabastros, earlier alabastos, vase for perfumes (often made of alabaster), prob. < Egypt *ʼ a labaste, vessel of (the goddess) Bast] 1. a translucent, whitish, fine grained… … English World dictionary
Alabaster — Al a*bas ter, n. [L. alabaster, Gr. ala bastros, said to be derived fr. Alabastron, the name of a town in Egypt, near which it was common: cf. OF. alabastre, F. alb[^a]tre.] 1. (Min.) (a) A compact variety or sulphate of lime, or gypsum, of fine… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Alabaster — Alabaster, AL U.S. city in Alabama Population (2000): 22619 Housing Units (2000): 8594 Land area (2000): 20.472605 sq. miles (53.023800 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.054715 sq. miles (0.141711 sq. km) Total area (2000): 20.527320 sq. miles… … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
Alabaster, AL — U.S. city in Alabama Population (2000): 22619 Housing Units (2000): 8594 Land area (2000): 20.472605 sq. miles (53.023800 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.054715 sq. miles (0.141711 sq. km) Total area (2000): 20.527320 sq. miles (53.165511 sq. km)… … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
Alabaster — Alabaster: Der Name der feinkörnigen weißlichen Gipsart, mhd. alabaster, führt über entsprechend lat. alabaster auf griech. alábast‹r›os »Gips; gipserne Salbenbüchse« zurück … Das Herkunftswörterbuch
Alabaster [2] — Alabaster, Balsambüchschen in Form einer Birne; aus Alabasterstein, d.i. einem von unserem Alabaster verschiedenen sintrigen, faserigen Kalkstein, gemacht … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon