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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[1] and the fine-grained banded type of calcite. Geologists define alabaster only as of the gypsum type. Chemically, gypsum is a hydrous sulfate of calcium, while calcite is a carbonate of calcium
Alabaster stone was imported to Israel from Egypt in ancient times, so it was very expensive. Therefore, it was used to make vessels that held precious liquids, such as perfume, during the first century.
A woman came to Him having an alabaster flask of very costly fragrant oil, and she poured it on His head as He sat at the table. (Matthew 26:7)
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