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  • Thumbnail for Selenite (mineral)
    satin spar, desert rose, and gypsum flower are crystal habit varieties of the mineral gypsum. All varieties of gypsum, including selenite and alabaster...
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    Gypsum is a soft sulfate mineral composed of calcium sulfate dihydrate, with the chemical formula CaSO4·2H2O. It is widely mined and is used as a fertilizer...
    42 KB (4,151 words) - 13:38, 27 August 2024
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    Drywall (redirect from Gypsum board)
    dry lining, wallboard, sheet rock, gib board, gypsum board, buster board, turtles board, slap board, custard board, gypsum panel and gyprock) is a panel...
    34 KB (4,234 words) - 14:39, 27 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Desert rose (crystal)
    crystals form a circular array of flat plates, giving the rock a shape similar to a rose blossom. Gypsum roses usually have better defined, sharper edges than...
    6 KB (600 words) - 21:57, 1 April 2024
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    mineraloid particles or rock particles. Examples are dolomite, which is an aggregate of crystals of the mineral dolomite, and rock gypsum, an aggregate of crystals...
    6 KB (479 words) - 13:15, 23 July 2023
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    Alabaster (redirect from Gypsum alabaster)
    (i) the fine-grained, massive type of gypsum, and (ii) the fine-grained, banded type of calcite. Chemically, gypsum is a hydrous sulfate of calcium, whereas...
    31 KB (3,383 words) - 20:44, 6 July 2024
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    Plaster (redirect from Gypsum plaster)
    which orthorhombic form of gypsum converts into the monoclinic form of gypsum. Deer, Howie, & Zussman. An Introduction to the Rock Forming Minerals. Pearson...
    40 KB (5,259 words) - 08:38, 28 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Black Rock Desert
    Rock Hot Springs. Prospecting and mining have occurred in the Black Rock region since the mid-19th century. US Gypsum Corporation operated a gypsum mine...
    43 KB (4,238 words) - 23:06, 26 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Gypsum, Colorado
    The Town of Gypsum is the home rule municipality that is the most populous municipality in Eagle County, Colorado, United States. The town population was...
    14 KB (1,035 words) - 00:22, 12 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for USG Corporation
    USG Corporation, also known as United States Gypsum Corporation, is an American company which manufactures construction materials, most notably drywall...
    31 KB (3,618 words) - 19:55, 24 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Sedimentary rock
    on Cl− ), and sulfates (gypsum and others built on SO2− 4). Evaporite rocks commonly include abundant halite (rock salt), gypsum, and anhydrite. Organic-rich...
    63 KB (7,683 words) - 08:39, 25 June 2024
  • Caprock (redirect from Cap rock)
    The halite (salt) is removed first, leaving behind gypsum and anhydrite. The anhydrite and gypsum react with organic material to form calcite. The classic...
    3 KB (349 words) - 15:29, 17 September 2023
  • primarily engaged in Mining and Marketing of High Grade Rock phosphate, Lignite, Limestone & Gypsum (Non-Metallic minerals) through its mines located at...
    4 KB (289 words) - 10:58, 4 August 2024
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    Chalk (redirect from Chalk rock)
    gypsum rather than calcium carbonate chalk. Magnesium carbonate chalk is commonly used as a drying agent to obtain better grip by gymnasts and rock climbers...
    23 KB (2,601 words) - 03:06, 7 August 2024
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    In use as early as 1900, rock lath (also known as "button board," "plaster board" or "gypsum-board lath"), is a type of gypsum wall board (essentially...
    8 KB (1,054 words) - 03:55, 11 July 2024
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    known as plaster of Paris, and another occurs naturally as the mineral gypsum. It has many uses in industry. All forms are white solids that are poorly...
    19 KB (1,828 words) - 19:45, 7 June 2024
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    Salina Group (section Gypsum)
    along Lake Erie. In 1827, Gypsum was first identified in Michigan, near Grand Rapids. An Odawa man discovered it in a rock outcrop along Plaster Creek...
    14 KB (1,300 words) - 01:07, 7 March 2024
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    Red Rock has been in an open lawsuit with Clark County, attempting to deny the commission's approval of Gypsum Resources' developments in Red Rock Canyon...
    52 KB (4,253 words) - 04:27, 10 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Empire, Nevada
    the US Gypsum Corporation, a manufacturer of gypsum based construction sheetrock, and once had a population of more than 750 people. US Gypsum closed...
    20 KB (1,723 words) - 08:47, 31 July 2024
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    Lath (section Gypsum lath)
    which stucco or plaster is applied, as well as drywall products called gypsum or rock lath. Historically, reed mat was also used as a lath material. One of...
    15 KB (1,976 words) - 04:13, 28 May 2024
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