The Difference Between Marble and Alabaster
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Updated: 2023/11/19
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There are many differences between marble and alabaster.
* Alabaster refers to two types of calcium. In old times, calcite alabaster was widely used in Egypt, but in modern times, gypsum alabaster has taken its place of it while marble has the presence of impurities that change its color and is made up of metamorphic rocks.
* Marble can be heavily polished as compared to alabaster.
* Alabaster rock usually comes in white color, but the pale brown and reddish colors also exist while marble comes in pink, green, black, white, and gray colors.
* Alabaster rock is more translucent than marble.
* Marble word is derived from the Greek marmaron while Alabaster word is taken from old French alabaster.
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