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alabaster
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Definition:a soft, white stone that can easily be carved, normally referring to either gypsum or calcite
photo:by Arpingstone, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alabaster.whole.600pix.jpg
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Devil and the deep blue sea behind me
Vanish in the air you'll never find me
I will turn your flesh to alabaster
When you find your servant is your master
The Police (band). Wrapped Around Your Finger.
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I warmed myself in its rays; their strength obliged me to half open, half shut my eyelids, smiling the while, and my eyelids, like alabaster lamps, were filled with a rosy glow.
Marcel Proust. In Search of Lost Time [volume 2]
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She was beautiful, with clear-drawn features and alabaster skin.
Diana Gabaldon. Outlander (1991)
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Before bathing he would perfume the pool with the salts that he carried in three alabaster flacons.
Gabriel García Márquez. One Hundred Years of Solitude, p.396 (1970)
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