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From now until April 2026, the Dumke Arts Plaza — located at 445 25th St. in downtown Ogden — will be home to an immersive ...
the nucleation and growth process of calcium oxalate on the surface of FGD gypsum crystals cannot be completely analyzed by the unreacted shrinking core models.
Plaster is having a major moment on walls and range hoods across the world, but not all materials and finishes are equal.
A new interactive art exhibit about the environmental crisis around the Great Salt Lake by local artists Kellie Bornhoft and Carey Campbell is opening in Dumke Arts Plaza.
In a recent SETI Live, Sellam and communication specialist Beth Johnson discussed how microscopic fossils found in gypsum crystals from Algeria could offer vital clues about the potential for life on ...
Entitled ‘Ewá’, which means ‘beautiful’ in Yoruba, the collection of earrings, bracelets and necklaces made with magnesites, anthracites and gypsum, paired with Swarovski crystals challenges notions ...
THE Pulpí Geode, located in the Sierra del Aguilón, is a massive underground cave or chamber filled with enormous gypsum crystals, some as long as two metres. This stunning natural formation could ...
But there’s no magic involved, just some very particular geology. The chamber contains giant selenite crystals (gypsum, CaSO4 · 2 H2O), some of the largest natural crystals ever found on Earth.
At some rare locations, it crystallizes in the form of sand roses, one of the many gypsum crystal habits that explain its popularity among mineral collectors. In the Eastern Province of Saudi ...
Its lower part contains fossil dunes and evidence of an ancient sea, while the upper formations contain rocks with gypsum crystals and evaporites that give it its characteristic reddish hue.
Here’s how it works. Why it's incredible: The caverns hold astonishing limestone formations and gypsum crystals. Carlsbad Caverns is a maze of underground caves born from an ancient tropical reef.
contains some of the world's largest known natural crystals—translucent beams of gypsum as long as 36 feet (11 meters). How did the crystals reach such superheroic proportions? In the new issue ...