Mineral of the month: gypsum
Geotimes
By: Alan Founie
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Abstract
The earliest known use of gypsum as a building material was in Anatolia (in what is now Turkey) around 6000 B.C. It has been found on the interiors of the great pyramids in Egypt, which were erected in about 3700 B.C. Now an average new American home contains more than 7 metric tons of gypsum in the form of more than 6,000 square feet of wallboard.
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Founie, A., 2004, Mineral of the month: gypsum: Geotimes, v. 2004, no. December, HTML Document.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Mineral of the month: gypsum |
| Series title | Geotimes |
| Volume | 2004 |
| Issue | December |
| Year Published | 2004 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | AGI |
| Contributing office(s) | National Minerals Information Center |
| Description | HTML Document |
| Larger Work Type | Article |
| Larger Work Subtype | Journal Article |
| Larger Work Title | Geotimes |