Gypsum Market Research Reports

Gypsum is a very gentle sulfate mineral composed of calcium sulfate dihydrate, with the chemical formula CaSO4.2H2O.It's found in alabaster, an ornamental stone used in Historical Egypt. It is the second softest mineral on the Mohs scale of mineral hardness. It forms as an evaporite mineral and as a hydration product of anhydrite.

The phrase gypsum is derived from the Greek phrase (gypsos), "chalk" or "plaster". As a result of the gypsum from the quarries of the Montmartre district of Paris have lengthy furnished burnt gypsum used for various purposes, this materials has been known as plaster of Paris.

Gypsum was known in Old English as sparsten, "spear stone", referring to its crystalline projections. (Thus, the phrase spar in mineralogy is by way of comparison to gypsum, referring to any nonore mineral or crystal that kinds in spearlike projections.) Within the early 19th century, it was regarded as an almost miraculous fertilizer. American farmers were so anxious to acquire i...
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Gypsum is a very gentle sulfate mineral composed of calcium sulfate dihydrate, with the chemical formula CaSO4.2H2O.It's found in alabaster, an ornamental stone used in Historical Egypt. It is the second softest mineral on the Mohs scale of mineral hardness. It forms as an evaporite mineral and as a hydration product of anhydrite.

The phrase gypsum is derived from the Greek phrase (gypsos), "chalk" or "plaster". As a result of the gypsum from the quarries of the Montmartre district of Paris have lengthy furnished burnt gypsum used for various purposes, this materials has been known as plaster of Paris.

Gypsum was known in Old English as sparsten, "spear stone", referring to its crystalline projections. (Thus, the phrase spar in mineralogy is by way of comparison to gypsum, referring to any nonore mineral or crystal that kinds in spearlike projections.) Within the early 19th century, it was regarded as an almost miraculous fertilizer. American farmers were so anxious to acquire it, a lively smuggling trade with Nova Scotia evolved, ensuing within the so-called "Plaster War" of 1812.
Gypsum happens in nature as flattened and often twinned crystals, and transparent, cleavable plenty called selenite. Selenite comprises no significant selenium; relatively, each substances have been named for the ancient Greek phrase for the Moon.
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