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gypsum::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | calcium sulfate, mineral, calcium sulphate |
| Has types | terra alba, gesso, alabaster |
Examples of gypsum
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She also said the gypsum pond does have some fly ash, but did not know how much.
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Gypsum had been found on the planet before, but its point of origin was unclear.
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Major natural resources of Tatarstan include oil, natural gas, gypsum, and more.
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Other minerals found on Mars were jarosite, alunite, hematite, opal, and gypsum.
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The chalets are located on the edge of a glistening gypsum lake named Lake Magic.
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Elcor Chemical Corp. of Midland, Texas, has hopes of gleaning sulfur from gypsum.
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Gypsum is typically found in large layers near the surface and is easily mined.
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If you have alkaline soil and a calcium deficiency, apply gypsum instead of lime.
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Five to 10 pounds of gypsum per 100 square feet also helps loosen tight soils.
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- A common white or colorless mineral (hydrated calcium sulphate) used to make cements and plasters (especially plaster of Paris)
- Gypsum is a soft sulfate mineral composed of calcium sulfate dihydrate, with the chemical formula CaSO4u00B72H2O. It is widely mined and is used as a fertilizer, and as the main constituent in many forms of plaster, blackboard chalk and wallboard...
- A mineral consisting of the hydrated calcium sulphate. When calcined, it forms plaster of Paris
- Common impurity in opal, a needle-like crystal of this may go right through the stone.
- Hydrated calcium sulfate used to treat soft or neutral water making it hard.
- A hydrated calcium sulfate (CaSO42H20). It is formed naturally as the result of the reaction of sulfuric acid produced by the decomposition of pyrite upon the calcium carbonate of shells existing in clay. A sedimentary rock.
- Natural crystalline calcium sulphate used as an extender pigment in paint, and in the manufacture of gypsum wallboard and plaster of Paris.
- (13) -- a soft stone used in Minoan architecture (Biers, 336) Sample Image (Lesson 13)
- A very soft stone, made of calcium sulphate, found widely in the Middle East and beyond, and which the Assyrians used to make plaster and as a cheap building material.
