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What type of rock is alabaster?

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Alabaster refers to varieties of two different minerals: gypsum (a hydrous sulfate of calcium) and calcite (a carbonate of calcium). Gypsum is the alabaster of the present day; calcite is generally the alabaster of the ancients

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