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present day; generally, the former is the alabaster of the ancients. both are easy to work, with an attractive appearance, and have been used for making a variety of artworks and objects, especially small carvings. the two kinds are distinguished from one another readily, because of differences in their
relative hardness. the gypsum kind is so soft as to be readily scratched with a fingernail (mohs hardness to ), while the calcite kind is too hard to be scratched in this way (mohs hardness ), although it does yield readily to a knife. moreover, the calcite alabaster, being a carbonate, effervesces...
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