Alabaster Caverns State Park
The highlight of the 200-acre Alabaster Caverns State Park is the cavern formed of alabaster, a rare form of gypsum, making it the largest natural gypsum cave in the world that is open to the public and the only gypsum show cave in the United States. Daily guided tours of Alabaster Cavern leave promptly on the hour from 9am-4pm. For safety reasons, a maximum of 40 visitors are allowed on each tour. A fee is charged for the tour. The cavern tour includes interpretation by a guide and a well-lit path.
Alabaster Caverns
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00:01:17 1 History
00:03:23 2 Geology
00:04:29 3 Wildlife
00:05:33 4 Visitor activities
00:06:28 5 Proposed park closure in 2018
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Alabaster Caverns State Park is a 200-acre (0.81 km2) state park approximately 4.5 miles (7.2 km) south of Freedom, Oklahoma, United States near Oklahoma State Highway 50. The park attracted 24,706 visitors in FY 2016, The lowest count of the three parks in its part of Oklahoma. According to the Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture, the park Previously attracted about 40,000 visitors per year. It is home to the largest natural gypsum cave in the world that is open to the public. The gypsum is mostly in the form of alabaster. There are several types of alabaster found at the site, including pink, white, and the rare black alabaster. This black alabaster can be found in only three veins in the world, one each in Oklahoma, Italy and China. Another form of gypsum can be found in the many selenite crystal formations.The state is currently considering closing Alabaster Caverns State Park for budgetary reasons.
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Powerful winds are helping to spread fast-moving wildfires across southern states. Firefighters in Arizona overnight battled flames that pushed into California and forced evacuations. Several other wildfires stretch across Oklahoma, where 11 counties are under states of emergency. Manuel Bojorquez reports from Alabaster Caverns State Park in the town of Freedom on the challenges to contain the flames.
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Alabaster | Wikipedia audio article
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00:02:08 1 Etymology
00:03:11 2 Properties and usability
00:04:10 3 Modern processing
00:04:20 3.1 Working techniques
00:04:53 3.2 Marble imitation
00:05:35 3.3 Dyeing
00:06:09 4 Types, occurrence, history
00:06:37 4.1 Window panels
00:07:25 4.2 Calcite alabaster
00:08:11 4.2.1 Egypt and the Middle East
00:09:26 4.2.2 North America
00:09:53 4.3 Gypsum alabaster
00:10:14 4.3.1 Ancient and Classical Near East
00:11:43 4.3.2 Aragon, Spain
00:13:48 4.3.3 Volterra (Tuscany)
00:16:32 4.3.4 England and Wales
00:18:34 4.3.5 Black alabaster
00:19:11 4.4 Gallery
00:19:19 4.4.1 Ancient and Classical Near East
00:19:28 4.4.2 European Middle Ages
00:19:37 4.4.3 Modern
00:19:45 5 See also
00:19:53 5.1 Mineralogy
00:20:47 5.2 Window and roof panels
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Alabaster is a mineral or rock that is soft, often used for carving, and is processed for plaster powder. Archaeologists and the stone processing industry use the word differently from geologists. The former use is in a wider sense that includes varieties of two different minerals: the fine-grained massive type of gypsum and the fine-grained banded type of calcite. Geologists define alabaster only as the gypsum type. Chemically, gypsum is a hydrous sulfate of calcium, while calcite is a carbonate of calcium.Both types of alabaster have similar properties. They are usually lightly colored, translucent, and soft stones. They have been used throughout history primarily for carving decorative artifacts.The calcite type is also denominated onyx-marble, Egyptian alabaster, and Oriental alabaster and is geologically described as either a compact banded travertine or a stalagmitic limestone marked with patterns of swirling bands of cream and brown. Onyx-marble is a traditional, but geologically inaccurate, name because both onyx and marble have geological definitions that are distinct from even the broadest definition of alabaster.
In general, ancient alabaster is calcite in the wider Middle East, including Egypt and Mesopotamia, while it is gypsum in medieval Europe. Modern alabaster is probably calcite but may be either. Both are easy to work and slightly soluble in water. They have been used for making a variety of indoor artwork and carving, and they will not survive long outdoors.
The two kinds are readily distinguished by their different hardnesses: gypsum alabaster is so soft that a fingernail scratches it (Mohs hardness 1.5 to 2), while calcite cannot be scratched in this way (Mohs hardness 3), although it yields to a knife. Moreover, calcite alabaster, being a carbonate, effervesces when treated with hydrochloric acid, while gypsum alabaster remains almost unaffected when thus treated.