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Alabaster is a soft mineral which is smooth to the touch, white in color but thin enough to see through, and is used as a material for various works of art. (noun)

An example of something alabaster are creamy white busts carved from the soft stone.

Alabaster is a hard mineral white in color, but thin enough to see through, and is sometimes striped. (noun)

An example of something alabaster are medieval church windows in Italy, which used this hard calcite by cutting it into thin sheets to create beautiful windows.

See alabaster in Webster's New World College Dictionary