Alabaster
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This substance is sulphate of lime or gypsum of a white or delicately tinted colour.
Alabaster
Alabaster is a form of mineral gypsum that can be used for beads.
Alabaster (opal glass)
Bead decorative process, that includes tiny particles, often crystals, that make opal glass opaque and alabaster glass semi-opaque.
Alabaster A variety of gypsum (a mineral) which is translucent and milky white, and can be carved into beads or statues.
Alabaster: A form of the mineral gypsum which is usually white or grey in color. It is often used in sculpture, stone paneling, beads, and cabochons.
Alabaster: A form of mineral gypsum that can be used for beads.
Alexandrite: A gemstone named after Alexander tsar of Russia.
Alabaster: A white, opaque or translucent form of the mineral gypsum which is usually white or grey in color. It is often used in sculpture, stone paneling, beads, and cabochons.
Alabaster Bugle Bead
A dense translucent milky white or tinted finish
Aurora Borealis Bugle Bead or AB ...
alabaster pearl
An imitation pearl made from an alabaster bead that has been coated with lusterous laquer
antilles pearl
An imitation pearl made from the spindle of a turbo shell ...
Alabaster
Fine-grained, slightly colored
Gypsum is a very soft mineral composed of calcium sulfate dihydrate, with the chemical formula CaSO4Â-2H2O.
Alabaster
Translucent and milky white, the mineral Alabaster is a variety of gypsum ...
Alabaster was one of the materials frequently used for lamps, and was often carved into the vaguely Egyptian forms that found their way into so much of the architecture of the 1920s as a result of the excitement generated by the opening of ...
SulfateAlabaster
CaSO4 - 2H2O
Other names/forms:
Gypsum
Most distinguishing features:
Identified by hardness and good cleavage.
Mexican onyx, Alabaster onyx, Green onyx, Pedrara onyx,
Utah onyx, Yaqui onyx and Yava onyx.
Pearl ...
Imitation pearl. Alabaster bead covered with an iridescent substance (isinglass, shiny oyster flakes, mother-of-pearl powder).
Rope
A necklace longer than opera-40"+ or 1 meter or longer.
Alabaster Keeps home safe. Repels "Evil Eye." Helps overcome loneliness and promotes idealism. Brings forth wealth. Builds confidence and strength, helps create inner love. Enhances creativity and knowledge.
Legend: Almost all of the "alabaster" artifacts of ancient Egypt are actually made of calcite. The gemstone was even used as an inlay on the throne in the tomb of King Tutankhamen, which dates to around 1340 BC .
The Badarian culture added finely worked beads of carnelian, lapis lazuli, jasper, feldspar, turquoise and alabaster to the already existing use of bone and natural stone pebbles.
A pale green translucent gemstone that looks very similar to alabaster and jade. It is commonly used as a jade substitute (often fraudulently).
setting
A mounting or the portion of a mounting that actually holds the stone.
Pietra dura (meaning "hard rock") is an ancient technique of inlaying semi-precious stones (like alabaster, agate, onyx, lapis lazuli, jasper, topaz, and carnelian) into marble or other soft stone. This art form superficially resembles mosaics.
It is a very pretty light green transluscent gemstone, often mistaken for jade or alabaster.
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beads ...
Celluloid is an early plastic that was invented in 1868 and used in jewelry to simulated tortoise shell, coral and alabaster. It was quickly abandoned for heavier, more stable plastics invented in the later part of the 19th century.
There are even full treatments of lesser-known gems, from andalusite to vesuvian, and a special section is devoted to rocks as precious stones, including alabaster, onyx, obsidian, and fossils.
It comes in such huge masses from so many liberal sources that, like alabaster or porphyry, it is commonly used for decorative purposes; but there's a certain proportion of it which, unlike any other stone, ...
 See also: Stone, Gemstone, Glass, Crystal, Mineral
  
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