Anhydrite, or anhydrous calcium sulfate, is a mineral with the chemical formula CaSO4. It is in the orthorhombic crystal system, with three directions...
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Calcium sulfate (redirect from Β-anhydrite)
compound with the formula CaSO4 and related hydrates. In the form of γ-anhydrite (the anhydrous form), it is used as a desiccant. One particular hydrate...
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Acetic anhydride (redirect from Acetic anhydrite)
Acetic anhydride, or ethanoic anhydride, is the chemical compound with the formula (CH3CO)2O. Commonly abbreviated Ac2O, it is the simplest isolable anhydride...
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found in limestone and the fossilised remnants of early sea life; gypsum, anhydrite, fluorite, and apatite are also sources of calcium. The name derives from...
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(350 °F), the nearly water-free form, called γ-anhydrite (CaSO4·nH2O where n = 0 to 0.05) is produced. γ-anhydrite reacts slowly with water to return to the...
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gypsum, anhydrite, halite, polyhalite Brine precipitate: Fe-montmorillonite, goethite, hematite, siderite, rhodochrosite, pyrite, sphalerite, anhydrite. The...
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evaporites. The most common marine evaporites are calcite, gypsum and anhydrite, halite, sylvite, carnallite, langbeinite, polyhalite, and kainite. Kieserite...
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selenite. It forms as an evaporite mineral and as a hydration product of anhydrite. The Mohs scale of mineral hardness defines gypsum as hardness value 2...
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The drilling perforated an anhydrite layer and caused high-pressure groundwater to come into contact with the anhydrite, which then began to expand....
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Billingham (section Anhydrite Mine)
government from 2021. In 1983, NIREX announced a proposal to use the disused anhydrite mine as a site for the disposal of intermediate level nuclear waste. There...
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baryte, celestine (strontium sulfate), anglesite (lead sulfate), and anhydrite (calcium sulfate). Baryte and celestine form a solid solution (Ba,Sr)SO4...
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found in sedimentary rocks, often associated with the minerals gypsum, anhydrite, and halite. On occasion in some localities, it may also be found with...
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The Gypsum Cave Mine is a gypsum-anhydrite and uranium mine located in Clark County, Nevada, United States, on the Intermontane Plateaus, 12 miles (19 km)...
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(IV/VI) Andradite Andrianovite Andychristyite Andyrobertsite Anglesite Anhydrite Anilite Ankerite Annabergite Annite Anorthite Anorthoclase Antarcticite...
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The Barbarossa Cave (German: Barbarossahöhle) is an anhydrite cave (gypsum cave) in the Kyffhäuser Hills near Rottleben in the east German state of Thuringia...
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blanketed by the widespread deposition of Louann Salt and associated anhydrite evaporites. During the late Jurassic, continued rifting widened the basin...
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materials such as plaster and drywall. The anhydrous equivalent of gypsum is anhydrite; it can form directly from seawater in highly arid conditions. The barite...
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Caprock of a salt diapir at Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. The white rocks at left center are the gypsum and anhydrite carapace of the diapir....
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initial stages of a vent chimney begin with the deposition of the mineral anhydrite. Sulfides of copper, iron, and zinc then precipitate in the chimney gaps...
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that the drilling perforated an anhydrite layer bringing high-pressure groundwater to come into contact with the anhydrite, which then began to expand. Currently...
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The hydration of anhydrite to form gypsum, for example, results in an increase of volume by 63%. In arid environments where anhydrite is widespread, a...
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formed crystals and dispersed grains often embedded within gypsum and anhydrite crystals. It has a Mohs hardness of 7 to 7.5 and a specific gravity of...
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The halite (salt) is removed first, leaving behind gypsum and anhydrite. The anhydrite and gypsum react with organic material to form calcite. The classic...
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Formation is composed chiefly of dolomite and shale, interbedded with anhydrite, gypsum, and salt. Stratigraphically, the Salina is placed in the Late...
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commonly seen in the familiar desert rose. When gypsum dehydrates severely, anhydrite is formed. If water is reintroduced, gypsum can and will reform – including...
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mobilization due to the weight of the overlying rock. Salt domes contain anhydrite, gypsum, and native sulfur, in addition to halite and sylvite. They are...
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consists of dolomite with interbedded anhydrite and gypsum, with the upper part being limestone, with dolomite and anhydrite in part. The thickness of the Lower...
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Common calcium-containing minerals are chalk, limestone, gypsum, and anhydrite. Strontium is the 15th most abundant element in the Earth's crust. The...
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Breisgau, Germany, tectonic uplift occurred instead. A previously isolated anhydrite layer came in contact with water and turned it into gypsum, doubling its...
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{\displaystyle \times 10^{-6}} (SI) graphite -80 to -200 calcite -7.5 to -39 anhydrite -14 to -60 gypsum -13 to -29 ice -9 orthoclase -13 to -17 magnesite -15...
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