ălăbastrītes, ae, m., = ἀλαβαστρίτης.
I A stone , composed of carbonate of lime (not of gypsum, like the modern alabaster), alabaster-stone; also called onyx and onychites, from which unguent and perfume boxes were made, Plin. 36, 8, 12, § 60.—
II A precious stone found in the region of the Egyptian town Alabastron , Plin. 37, 10, 54, § 143.