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	Alabaster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Alabaster (sometimes called satin spar) is a name applied to varieties of two distinct minerals: gypsum (a hydrous sulfate of calcium) and the calcite (a carbonate of calcium).
		Calcite alabaster is either a stalagmitic deposit, from the floor and walls of limestone caverns, or a kind of travertine, similarly deposited in springs of calcareous water.
		Mineral alabaster occurs in England in the Keuper marls of the Midlands, especially at Chellaston in Derbyshire, at Fauld in Staffordshire and near Newark in Nottinghamshire.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alabaster (1230 words)

	Alabaster
		Oriental alabaster is either a stalagmitic deposit, from the floor and walls of limestone caverns, or a kind of travertine, deposited from springs of calcareous water.
		This mineral, or alabaster proper, occurs in England in the Keuper[?] marls of the Midlands, especially at Chellaston[?] in Derbyshire, at Fauld[?] in Staffordshire and near Newark in Nottinghamshire.
		The purest alabaster is a snow-white material of fine tiniforni grain, but it is often associated with oxide of iron, which produces brown clouding and veining in the stone.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/al/Alabaster.html (843 words)

	William Alabaster (1567-1640). (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		William Alabaster, or Alablaster, was born at Hadleigh, Suffolk in 1567.
		In 1596, Alabaster accompanied the Earl of Essex on the expedition to Cadiz as chaplain.
		Alabaster managed to escape, and was in turn imprisoned in the Tower upon his return to England.
	www.luminarium.org /encyclopedia/alabaster.htm (281 words)

	Alabaster: The Craft
		This chalky alabaster, carved in Volterra and mostly mined in Castellina Marittima was formed during the Miocene period as the sediments of calcium sulphate contained in the sea water underwent a process of concentration.
		The alabaster craft was reestablished in the 17th century and flourished at the beginning of the 18th century as skilled artisans and sculptors launched the reproduction of classical art and high quality artefacts renowned throughout the world.
		Alabaster may no longer be the main source of the economy but it is still a distinctive feature of the culture and history.
	www.comune.volterra.pi.it /english/alabastroit/artig.html (441 words)

	Egypt: Tricks of the Trade: Purchasing Egyptian Alabaster
		Even Egyptologists refer to "Oriental alabaster" (marble) as alabaster, and it was this material that was extensively used by the Egyptians in sarcophagi, in the linings of tombs, in the walls and ceilings of temples, and in vases and sacrificial vessels.
		In Egypt alabaster is found in two places, a few miles behind the Valley of the Kings in Luxor (ancient Thebes) and the Malawi area.
		Some Alabaster factories in Luxor and Aswan prefer to get their Alabaster material from Malawi because they can use trucks for transportation, but the road to the area behind the Valley of the Kings is not good enough for trucks to transport the stone, so they still use horses or donkey drawn carts.
	www.touregypt.net /featurestories/alabaster.htm (1262 words)

	alabaster. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Alabaster, like all other forms of gypsum, forms by the evaporation of bedded deposits that are precipitated mainly from evaporating seawater.
		Vases and statuettes of Italian alabaster are sold as “Florentine marbles.” The term “Oriental alabaster” is a misnomer and actually refers to marble, a calcium carbonate; whereas gypsum is a calcium sulfate.
		Oriental alabaster (marble) was extensively used by the Egyptians in sarcophagi, in the linings of tombs, in the walls and ceilings of temples, and in vases and sacrificial vessels.
	www.bartleby.com /65/al/alabaste.html (268 words)

	Alabaster
		Alabaster is a relatively soft stone which measures 1.7 to 2.5 on the Mohs scale, the international standard for measuring the relative hardness of stone (diamonds are a 10, granite 5, marble 3).
		Alabaster is among the easiest of stones to sculpt.
		Alabaster can be handled with wood carving tools such as chisels, rasps, files and even pocket knives.
	hobbyrock.s5.com /alabaster.htm (512 words)

	Alabaster Caverns (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Alabaster Caverns is truly Oklahoma from the inside out, but there's also a wonderful, scenic park waiting for your camping equipment.
		Alabaster Caverns is home to several species of bats, with one species in particular that migrates every year from Mexico to breed and produce offspring.
		Alabaster Caverns is the only gypsum show cave in the nation, and the largest in the world developed for touring.
	www.greatsaltplains.com /alabaster_caverns.htm (1273 words)

	Alabaster Turning, How To Part 1, Max Krimmel
		Alabaster is available to turners in manageable blocks.
		Alabaster frequently has a pattern in it caused by the layering of sediment.
		Alabaster is inexpensive enough that coring out a piece is more for efficiency than economics, but if the core is large enough, I will of course use it for another turning.
	www.maxkrimmel.com /Alabaster/HowToPart1/HowTo1.html (2234 words)

	GemRocks: Alabaster
		The utilization of translucent color-layered alabaster as "chimneys" for candle-holding hurricane lamps is a present-day extension of this last listed use.
		Alabaster votive statuettes dating back to third millennium B.C. are in the Iraqi National Museum in Baghdad (Creager, 2003).
		Some similar alabaster eggs, dyed in brilliant colors with a marbleized pattern and reportedly from Tuscany, Italy, have been marketed during the last few years for use as decorative Easter eggs.
	www.cst.cmich.edu /users/dietr1rv/alabaster.htm (1005 words)

	City of Alabaster, Alabama: Fire & Rescue
		Ever since the City of Alabaster was incorporated in 1952, its residents have been protected by the Alabaster Fire Department.
		This means that the Department is willing to go out of their way to treat the citizens of Alabaster with respect and please them during their times of need or in everyday situations.
		The department is active in Alabasters’ schools by teaching fire prevention to the kindergarten, 2nd, and 4th grades.
	www.cityofalabaster.com /?ID=23 (359 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Alabaster
		The substance commonly known as alabaster is a fine-grained variety of gypsum (calcium sulphate) much used for vases and other ornamental articles.
		Oriental alabaster, the alabastrites of the classical writers, is a translucent marble (calcium carbonate) obtained from stalagmitic deposits; because of its usually banded structure, which gives it some resemblance to onyx, it is also called onyx marble, or simply, though incorrectly, onyx.
		Among the ancients Oriental alabaster was frequently used for vases to hold unguents, in the belief that it preserved them; whence the vases were called alabasters, even when made of other materials.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/01244b.htm (203 words)

	Alabaster Creations \| George Westbrook \| Navigator in Stone
		George Westbrook purchases alabaster in its quarried state.
		The tail stock of the lathe holds the alabaster against the large circular face plate.
		Here is a piece of white alabaster, roughed out on the wood lathe, now ready to be epoxied onto a waste block.
	www.georgewestbrook.com /start.html (450 words)

	ArtLex on Alabaster (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Rome is actually a much harder stone-- onyx-marble, which is a calcium carbonate, whereas ordinary gypsum is a calcium sulfate.
		The jar was found in Thebes in a tomb in the Valley of the Kings that has aroused a great controversy concerning the events surrounding Akhenaten's death and succession.
		The Annunciate Virgin, alabaster, traces of gilding, 0.69 x 0.2 x 0.12 m, Louvre.
	www.artlex.com /ArtLex/a/alabaster.html (312 words)

	City of Alabaster, Alabama: Home
		The City of Alabaster is committed to a safe, healthy, and wholesome environment for family living.
		Alabaster has experienced remarkable growth over the last ten years with a growth rate of well over 60 percent.
		Alabaster also serves as the home to the County’s only Hospital in Shelby Baptist Medical Center.
	www.cityofalabaster.com (191 words)

	Alabaster Listings
		Alabaster was originally used for grand tables and furniture during the age of stone.
		It is said that the legendary Round Table of Arthur was of ‘Alabaster white and red coral.’ Due to the ease with which it is carved, it became a popular statuary stone.
		Children’s marbles were made from alabaster in a variety of colors, hence the name "Ally." All of our domestic stones come from select quarries throughout the United States, and are of the highest quality.
	www.sculpt.com /catalog_98/stones/ALABASTERS.htm (1014 words)

	Bible Study - Alabaster
		Alabaster is a soft, easily-worked mineral substance, a variety of gypsum, that during Bible History was used to make small vessels for holding perfume (as well as for decorations and statues).
		References to alabaster in The Holy Bible are found only in the New Testament, both involving a woman and Jesus Christ.
		Another woman anointed Jesus Christ with the contents of an alabaster flask while He was at the house of a Pharisee, an incident used by the Messiah to illustrate how forgiveness is granted unto the truly repentant, not to those who merely put on a show of self-righteousness (i.e.
	www.keyway.ca /htm2003/20030711.htm (631 words)

	Rolling Stone, alabaster stone
		Alabaster is mined both domestically and world wide.
		Alabaster comes in a myriad of colors and patterns.
		Any piece that is purchased from me is on approval, if you are not happy with it, return it in the condition it was delivered and I will refund your money.
	home.earthlink.net /~ccox53 (174 words)

	The Alabaster Society
		The Alabaster Society was formed in 1993, following Gatherings held in 1990 and 1992 in Hadleigh, Suffolk of more than 100 of the descendants of Thomas Alabaster (c1522-1592) who was a leading member of the community in Hadleigh.
		Indeed, our family is unusual in that all Alabasters in the UK are descended from Thomas, his son, John, grandson, Thomas, and great-grandson, also called John.
		The Old School was built in 1853 on the site of the former Alabaster School, which was, according to the local historian, the late W.A.B. Jones, the first effective elementary or non-grammar school.
	www.alabaster.org.uk (754 words)

	ALABASTER SUITCASE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Since entering into the professional arena in 2001, Alabaster Suitcase has performed weekly throughout the Southeast in some of the area's hottest clubs alongside the region's most talented acts.
		Alabaster Suitcase prides itself on being run like a family business.
		To Aaron and John, Alabaster Suitcase is about much more than music.
	www.alabastersuitcase.com /bio.html (213 words)

	Alabaster Products - Chessboards & Tables - Italian Made (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Euroalabastro is one of the oldest Italian producers of alabaster chess boards.
		Alabaster products come in various sizes and shapes, pots, tables, table tops,vases, cups, bowls, sconces, ashtrays,and of course chessboards.
		Hand made alabaster is almost always more expensive then the machine made.
	www.euroalabastro.com (189 words)

	Alabaster (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The boxes are then brought to the local church and emptied at special Alabaster services in February and September.
		All the money raised through Alabaster giving from churches around the world is used for Nazarene Mission building projects.
		Alabaster + Work and Witness Our district Work and Witness teams have seen for themselves how Alabaster has helped to purchase buildings in Bulgaria and Sicily.
	www.angelserve.net /~jmitchell/alabaster1.htm (110 words)

	NMI: Elizabeth Vennum and the Alabaster offering for missionary construction
		The originator of the Nazarene Alabaster box, Mary Elizabeth Vennum, died in 2000 at age 91.
		The offering promotion was based on the story of the woman bathing Jesus' feet with perfume from a carved alabaster container.
		Vennum promoted her offering idea with the slogan: "Give up a want to meet a need." Since its inception, that semi-annual Alabaster offering (in February and September) has generated more than $200 million dollars for land purchase and construction at 5,600 sites throughout the world.
	home.snu.edu /~hculbert/vennum.htm (479 words)

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		It began with the idea of a small family gathering, to mark the reopening of the Hadleigh Guildhall, and ended with a weekend, based in Hadleigh, which was attended by 136 Alabasters and Alabaster descendants.
		Raewyn is descended from Captain Daniel Alabaster (1836-1920) [Branch IV] born in the Gt Yarmouth area, who went to New Zealand in the mid 19th century as an explorer.
		These included Henry Alabaster of Siam, who was interpreter at the British Consulate, Bangkok during the "King and I" era, Thomas Alabaster, a convict transported to Australia in 1819 for stealing, Dr William Alabaster, scholar and poet, Captain Daniel Alabaster and Reverend Charles Alabaster.
	ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/Laraine_Hake/ALABGATH.HTM (954 words)

	Alabaster Sphinx at Memphis, Egypt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Alabaster Sphinx was carved in honor of an unknown Pharaoh most likely during the eighteenth dynasty, between 1700 and 1400 BC.
		The Alabaster Sphinx is 8m (26 ft) long and 4m (13 ft) tall and weighs around 90 tons.
		This was responsible for the damage to the surface of the monument.
	www.touregypt.net /alabasph.htm (253 words)

	Alabaster Christie Information
		The alabaster was not only beautiful and captivating but I soon found it to be very workable and adaptable to the many skills I had already developed while working with wood.
		Prior to being exhibited at art shows, this alabaster and the bowls made from it have been touched by two pairs of human hands, the quarryman and my own.
		Colorado alabaster has a fine texture and is usually pinkish, gray or white in color and somewhat translucent.
	www.rchristie.com /prod01.htm (637 words)

	Dr William Alabaster of Therfield, Hertfordshire; Gathering Number Six; Arblaster (Alblaster)
		The chapel had been endowed in 1420 by William Paston, a successful lawyer, on the occasion of his marriage to Agnes, heiress of Sir Edmund Berry of Horwelbury, in the neighbouring parish of Kelsall, and was donated in memory of William’s father, Clement, as recorded in one of the windows.
		It is hard to imagine that William Alabaster would not have met the latter two in Cambridge, bearing in mind that he entered Trinity in 1583, and at least through them would have known of Edmund Arrabaster and Edmund’s great-grandfather, James Arblaster, and his links with the Paston family.
		As the Hadleigh Archivist and an associate member of the Alabaster Society, she gave a fascinating talk about the various properties within the town that had been owned by the Alabaster family in the past.
	www.alabaster.org.uk /chron19.htm (3531 words)

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