Difference between Alabaster and Gypsum

What is the difference between Alabaster and Gypsum?

Alabaster as a noun is a fine-grained white or lightly-tinted variety of gypsum, used ornamentally. while Gypsum as a noun is a mineral consisting of the hydrated calcium sulphate. when calcined, it forms plaster of paris.

Alabaster

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A fine-grained white or lightly-tinted variety of gypsum, used ornamentally. A variety of calcite, translucent and sometimes banded.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Made of alabaster Resembling alabaster: white, pale, translucent.

Gypsum

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A mineral consisting of the hydrated calcium sulphate. When calcined, it forms plaster of Paris.

We hope you now know whether to use Alabaster or Gypsum in your sentence.

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