Alabaster -

fine-grained variety of gypsum, beaten, well -translucent white or slightly tinted (the yellowish, greenish, p inkish, ...), highly valued as an ornamental and decorative stone . It is also the name of two outwardly very similar, decorative m aterials based on two different minerals - gypsum, and kalcycie. Since ancient times, alabaster was highly esteemed as an ornamental and decorative stone. The name comes from the Egyptian city Alabastros. In ancient times there was only translucent alabaster, delicately veined and sanded smooth form of calcite.