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successive layers gives rise to the banded appearance that the marble often shows on cross-section, whence it is known as onyx-marble or alabaster-onyx, or sometimes simply as onyx. the latter term should be restricted to siliceous minerals, however. gypsum alabaster when the term "alabaster" is used without
underground galleries, in the district of volterra. several varieties are recognized—veined, spotted, clouded, agatiform, and others. the finest kind, obtained principally from castellina, is sent to florence for figure-sculpture, while the common kinds are carved locally, into vases, lights, and various ornamental...
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