After returning to the lab, Sellam discovered sinuous filaments preserved in the gypsum samples. "Because they are fossils, ...

Gypsum, a mineral formed by the evaporation of water, has a unique ability to preserve traces of life. On Earth, researchers ...

he chuckles. Once Sellam got the samples to the lab, he saw sinuous filaments preserved in the mineral. These were ancient, fossilized microbes, "which is an indication that gypsum could preserve ...

thanks to a new study of Earthly microbial fossils embedded in the mineral gypsum that was produced when the Mediterranean Ocean dried up over 5 million years ago. Mars was once wet, with rivers ...

Gypsum is a mineral that is naturally found concentrated in various places and can be mined out of the ground. But Dick's research focuses on gypsum recovered from coal-fired electricity ...

At this temperature the mineral anhydrite, which was abundant in the water, dissolved into gypsum, a soft mineral that can take the form of the crystals in the Naica cave. The mining complex in ...

One of the key elements driving the gypsum mineral market's growth is the expansion of the building sector. House Interiors are Assimilating Synthetic Gypsum Products to Amplify Organic Gypsum ...

Composed mainly of calcium sulfate dihydrate, gypsum is a naturally occurring mineral used in cement, drywall, plaster and other building materials. Scientists have now devised a method of ...

The President and CEO, Mr. Mark Haywood, commented: "The determination a large NI 43-101 Gypsum industrial mineral resource entirely within the ultimate pit design of the July 2020 Pre-Feasibility ...

"While our findings strongly support the biogenicity of the fossil filament in gypsum, distinguishing true biosignatures from abiotic mineral formations remains a challenge," cautioned Sellam ...