[L., a. Gr. ἀλαβαστρίτης, more correctly ἀλαβαστίτης, prop. adj. (sc. λίθος stone).] The ancient or calcareous alabaster, of which ointment pots were made.
1601. Holland, Pliny (1634), II. 624. The stone Alabastrites is found about Alabastrum a city in Egypt … white of colour it is, and intermedled with sundry colours.
1848. Webster, Alabastrite.
1874. Westropp, Prec. Stones, 132. The name alabastrites was applied to the marble from its being chiefly employed for Alabastra or unguent jars.
