Calcite vs. Alabaster — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Calcite and Alabaster
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Calcite
Calcite is a carbonate mineral and the most stable polymorph of calcium carbonate (CaCO3). The Mohs scale of mineral hardness, based on scratch hardness comparison, defines value 3 as "calcite".
Alabaster
Alabaster is a mineral or rock that is soft, often used for carving, and is processed for plaster powder. Archaeologists and the stone processing industry use the word differently from geologists.
Calcite
A common crystalline form of natural calcium carbonate, CaCO3, that is the basic constituent of limestone, marble, and chalk. Also called calcspar.
Alabaster
A dense, translucent, white or tinted fine-grained gypsum.
Calcite
(mineral) a very widely distributed crystalline form of calcium carbonate, CaCO3, found as limestone, chalk and marble
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Alabaster
A variety of hard calcite, translucent and sometimes banded.
Calcite
Calcium carbonate, or carbonate of lime. It is rhombohedral in its crystallization, and thus distinguished from aragonite. It includes common limestone, chalk, and marble. Called also calc-spar and calcareous spar.
Alabaster
A pale yellowish pink to yellowish gray.
Calcite
A common mineral consisting of crystallized calcium carbonate; a major constituent of limestone
Alabaster
A fine-grained white or lightly-tinted variety of gypsum, used ornamentally.
Alabaster
(historical) A variety of calcite, translucent and sometimes banded.
Alabaster
(color) An off-white colour, like that of alabaster.
Alabaster
Made of alabaster.
The crown is stored in an alabaster box with an onyx handle and a gold lock.
Alabaster
Resembling alabaster: white, pale, translucent.
An ominous alabaster fog settled in the valley.
Alabaster
A compact variety or sulphate of lime, or gypsum, of fine texture, and usually white and translucent, but sometimes yellow, red, or gray. It is carved into vases, mantel ornaments, etc.
Alabaster
A box or vessel for holding odoriferous ointments, etc.; - so called from the stone of which it was originally made.
Alabaster
A compact fine-textured usually white gypsum used for carving
Alabaster
A hard compact kind of calcite
Alabaster
A very light white
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