{"id":90579,"date":"2026-03-01T12:47:37","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T07:17:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=90579"},"modified":"2026-03-01T17:52:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T12:22:10","slug":"gypsum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/gypsum\/","title":{"rendered":"Gypsum"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Gypsum Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, scientists are studying gypsum in the Salar de Pajonales which is found on both the earth and Mars.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Gypsum<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>sedimentary rock primarily<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> composed of <\/span><b>calcium sulfate dihydrate<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (CaSO4 \u00b7 2H2O) and <\/span><b>anhydrite <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(CaSO4).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gypsum is found in both <\/span><b>crystal and rock forms.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Occurrence:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It commonly occurs in <\/span><b>extensive beds alongside evaporite minerals<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> like anhydrite and halite, especially in Permian and Triassic sedimentary formations.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is often found in <\/span><b>saline lakes and salt pans<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and constitutes a significant part of cap rock on salt domes,<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It generally <\/span><b>results from the evaporation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of saline water and is one of the more common minerals in sedimentary conditions.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gypsum that occurs in nature is called <\/span><b>mineral gypsum.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In India, marine gypsum is recovered from salt pans during production of common salt in coastal regions, <\/span><b>particularly in Gujarat and Tamil Nadu.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Applications of Gypsum<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Agricultural use:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It works as an agent to remove <\/span><b>Saline\/Alkaline ingredients in the soil<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It acts more or less like manure.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Industrial use: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is used in manufacturing lime and in the cement industry and also used in manufacturing Plaster of Paris.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/science\/why-are-scientists-looking-for-gypsum-in-the-salar-de-pajonales\/article70687753.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TH<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gypsum  is a sedimentary rock primarily composed of calcium sulfate dihydrate (CaSO4 \u00b7 2H2O) and anhydrite (CaSO4). 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