Assertion: alabaster | /r/HasProperty | esteemed
Facets:
value: highly
type: DEGREE
value: for making small perfume bottles
type: PURPOSE
value: for its hardness
type: CAUSE
value: for density
type: CAUSE
value: for velvety texture
type: CAUSE
value: for transparency
type: PURPOSE
value: especially
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: The alabaster from this region is especially esteemed for its hardness, density, transparency, and velvety texture.
text: The "Oriental" alabaster was highly esteemed for making small perfume bottles or ointment vases called alabastra; the vessel name has been suggested as a possible source of the mineral name.