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alabastros
Greek · ancient
"a soft, pale mineral stone"
possibly named for an Egyptian town famous for producing the soft white stone
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alabaster
English · 1300s
"a soft, pale, translucent mineral used for carving"
settled as the English word for the soft, pale, carvable mineral
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