[DOC] [TLE] Alabaster - Wikipedia [PAR] Alabaster is a name used in two different fields with two different meanings. This 
article ... The purest alabaster is a snow-white material of fine uniform grain, but it 
often ... to produce an opacity suggestive of true marble, the statues are 
immersed in a ... Calcite alabaster, harder than the gypsum variety, was the kind 
primarily... [DOC] [TLE] gypsum - Cochise College P [PAR] Alabaster - The purest alabaster is a snow-white material of fine tiniforni grain. 
Due to ... The former is the alabaster of the present day called true or modern ... 
Any rock dominated by Calcite is called a limestone, although there are many 
different types. ... They are classified by the dominant mineral, gypsum (rock 
gypsum or... [DOC] [TLE] Egypt: Tricks of the Trade: Purchasing Egyptian Alabaster - Tour Egypt [PAR] Jun 20, 2011 ... "Alabaster is a fine-grained, massive, translucent variety of gypsum, ... It is pure 
white or streaked with reddish brown. ... we do know two different kinds of 
Alabaster, including the gypsum kind, ... Even Egyptologists refer to "Oriental 
alabaster" (marble) as ... Alabaster: Egypt's Rock of Ages by Sonny Stengle. [DOC] [TLE] investigation of an egyptian alabaster ore by ... - PhysicsEgypt [PAR] alabaster, is a variety of gypsum, usually snow-white in color with a uniform, fine 
grain. True alabaster is softer than oriental alabaster and is easily carved into 
intricate shapes. Egyptian alabaster ... The Egyptian deposits of this rock occur in 
veins and pods. They frequently exhibit alternating bands of fine-grained white 
and. [DOC] [TLE] Fibrous gypsum veins as diffuse features and within fault zones: the ... [PAR] Feb 2, 2016 ... evaporitic layers, mostly within fine-grained rocks (e.g. mudstones and shales ... 
This is espe- cially true in the case of characterization of various vein patterns ..... 
Veins affecting the Chilcatay Formation abut against the boundary with the .... All 
types of gypsum veins documented at Cerro Colorado and. [DOC] [TLE] Alabaster - Wiki [PAR] Oct 8, 2015 ... True alabaster, in geological terms, is a sedimentary rock consisting primarily of 
gypsum ... Alabaster is a fine-grained aggregate that occurs in layers resulting 
from the ... Alabaster, Oriental Alabaster, or Onyx Marble in archaeological, ... 
Not only are the two varieties (gypsum and calcite) often confused,... [DOC] [TLE] GemRocks: Alabaster [PAR] Jan 18, 2014 ... DESCRIPTION: Alabaster is a compact, massive variety of gypsum. ... Alabastro 
oriental (eastern alabaster) - name applied, especially in ... Karlsbad Spring 
stone - a red, white and brown banded rock gypsum used for small carved 
objects and ... (1920, p.43) -- "Fine-grained semitranslucent rock gypsum or... [DOC] [TLE] Stones used in Native American Indian Jewelry - Horsekeeping [PAR] A dense, fine-grained variety of gypsum (calcium sulfate) that is sometimes ... It is 
also called Mexican onyx, Algerian onyx, Gibraltar stone and oriental .... Colors of 
fossil coral range from white and pink to brown, gray, black, yellow and red. .... 
Lapis is one of the few rocks used as a gem and one of the first gemstones ever 
to... [DOC] [TLE] Rock Varnish Chapter 8 in Geochemical Sediments and Landscapes [PAR] Different types of rock coatings (adapted from Dorn, 1998) ... (e.g., barite, gypsum
) on rocks; not gypsum crusts that are sedimentary deposits ... either in 
weathering-limited landscapes like deserts (e.g., White 1993) or in .... Rock 
varnish grows best on certain lithologies such as fine grained extrusive rocks. ... 
Neither is true. [DOC] [TLE] Mineralogy from Natural Productions of Burmah  Palagems [PAR] Streaks of cacholong, or milk white chalcedony, arc seen on some of the agates. 
.... The most valuable topaz in Burmah, is the yellow sapphire, or Oriental topaz. 
.... A fine variety of fibrous gypsum is seen in some of the China shops; but it is .... 
fine grained, possesses magnetic polarity, specific gravity 3.511 , compared to...

Question: The "true", as opposed to the "oriental", type of this rock is a fine-grained white variety of gypsum
Answer: alabaster