Egyptian Alabaster Grinder Authentic Ancient Stone Artifact Fossil Marble Mortar

Description

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Specimen: Egyptian Alabaster Grinder

Type: Mineral/Crystal

Size (picture scale cube=1cm): 73 x 54 x 32mm (2.87 x 2.13 x 1.26 inches)

Egyptian Alabaster Grinder

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. The former use it in a wider sense that includes varieties of two different minerals: the fine-grained massive type of gypsum and the fine-grained banded type of calcite. Geologists define alabaster only as the gypsum type. Chemically, gypsum is a hydrous sulfate of calcium, while calcite is a carbonate of calcium.

The two types of alabaster have similar properties. They are usually lightly colored, translucent, and soft stones. They have been used throughout history primarily for carving decorative artifacts.

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