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 gypsum in our valley is believed to have formed much earlier than the Mineral Belt specimens, during the late Paleozoic Era, some 360 million years ago, when the large inland seas covering this ...

The global gypsum market has had phenomenal expansion in recent years. One of the key elements driving the gypsum mineral market's growth is the expansion of the building sector.

One of these minerals is gypsum, which "has been widely detected on the Martian surface and is known for its exceptional fossilization potential," said Youcef Sellam, who is a PhD student at the ...

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.

NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has found bright veins of a mineral, apparently gypsum, deposited by water. Analysis of the vein will help improve understanding of the history of wet ...

One of these minerals is gypsum, which "has been widely detected on the Martian surface and is known for its exceptional fossilization potential," said Youcef Sellam, who is a PhD student at the ...

Sinkholes usually form over time by a phenomenon called karst processes in which groundwater breaks down minerals in the underlying soluble rock.

Some crystals, including zircons, have growth rings, like the , that form when layers of molecules accumulate as the mineral grows. These rings can tell scientists all kinds of things about .

Scientists searching for microbe fossils on Mars have a better idea of what to look for thanks to gypsum that formed when the Mediterranean Ocean dried up over 5 million years ago.