Alabaster is mined and then sold in blocks to alabaster workshops. He worked with bronze, marble, ivory, onyx, gold, alabaster and other precious materials. The tomb consists of a slab of alabaster mounted in gilded bronze. The palace walls were lined with reliefs carved in alabaster. His name appears in inscriptions on vessels made of schist, alabaster, breccia and marble. He used various materials like bronze, stainless steel, alabaster, and marble. His name appears in inscriptions on vessels made of schist, alabaster, breccia, and marble. It features elaborate wood carvings, alabaster statuary, and European antiques. His tomb, imported from Paris, was extremely elaborate, carved from gilded alabaster. In 1495, Henry VII paid for a marble and alabaster monument. Their effigies are carved in English alabaster. There is a recumbent statue of Henry III over the tomb, made in polychrome alabaster. The Greek words denoted a vase of alabaster. Gypsum alabaster is the softer of the two varieties, the other being calcite alabaster. The Babylonians and Assyrians used bitumen to bind together burnt brick or alabaster slabs.