File:Gypsum on muscovite schist (Iron Ridge Mine, Hillsville, Virginia, USA) 1 (26526174767).jpg
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[edit]DescriptionGypsum on muscovite schist (Iron Ridge Mine, Hillsville, Virginia, USA) 1 (26526174767).jpg |
Gypsum from Virginia, USA. (public display, Geology Department, Wittenberg University, Springfield, Ohio, USA) A mineral is a naturally-occurring, solid, inorganic, crystalline substance having a fairly definite chemical composition and having fairly definite physical properties. At its simplest, a mineral is a naturally-occurring solid chemical. Currently, there are over 5500 named and described minerals - about 200 of them are common and about 20 of them are very common. Mineral classification is based on anion chemistry. Major categories of minerals are: elements, sulfides, oxides, halides, carbonates, sulfates, phosphates, and silicates. The sulfate minerals all have one or more sulfate anions (SO4 -2). Gypsum is a moderately common hydrous calcium sulfate mineral (CaSO4·2H2O). Gypsum has a nonmetallic luster, is usually clearish to whitish, is soft (H≡2), and rather fragile/brittle. Gypsum has 3 cleavage planes, one of which is well developed (“one good cleavage), and the other two are not well developed (“two poor cleavages”). Broken gypsum specimens are frequently thin plates - the consequence of the one good cleavage plane. Unbroken crystals show monoclinic symmetry. Gypsum has economic value as a mineral. It is the starting ingredient for making plaster and wallboard. Locality: unrecorded/undisclosed site in the Iron Ridge Mine, near the town of Hillsville, Carroll County, southwestern Virginia, USA Photo gallery of gypsum: <a href="http://www.mindat.org/gallery.php?min=1784" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.mindat.org/gallery.php?min=1784</a> |
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Author | James St. John |
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