Name/Title
GypsumEntry/Object ID
LN2008.2.3Description
Chemical Composition: CaSO4*2H2O
Crystal System: Monoclinic System
Description: Sheet of Gypsum (CaSO4*2H20) from the Blue Diamond Mine which is located 23 miles southwest of Las Vegas just inside the majestic Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Park
Type of Fossils Present: None
Fracture: conchoidal & splinte
Grain Size: Fine
Hardness: 2 Gypsum
Luster: Glassy
Occurrence: A widespread, commercial important mineral. The massive material is quarried or mined for the manfacture of plaster of Paris and various plaster products. The most abuntant deposits are the sedimentary beds, some of which haver formed from the alteration of the water-free variety anhydrite.
Pressure: Low-Moderate
Rock Classification: Acid
Rock Color: Light
Rock Origin: Marine/Freshwater
Rock Type: Sedimentary
Specific Gravity: 2.3
Surface Process: Not apparent
Streak: white to clear
Temperature: LowCollection
From the Priviate Collection of Gerald Mc InnesLocation
Location
Shelf
CS-D-5Room
Curation StorageBuilding
Crater Rock MuseumDate
January 24, 2024Location
Cabinet
F-3 frontWall
NorthBuilding
Storage (old gift shop upstairs)Category
Permanent