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In which environment might you expect a deposit of rock salt or rock gypsum to have formed?
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shallow sea
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What kind of sedimentary rock is formed when mineral solutions evaporate?
A chemical sedimentary rock. Evaporites are formed in this depositional environment. Salts, carbonates, and sulfates mostly. Halite, sylvite, calcite, gypsum, etc.
Dolostone and rock gypsum are formed by what process?
Evaporation and Precipitation
Why are gypsum and halite called evaporite sediments?
Gypsum and Halite are evaporites because they are formed through the evaporation of water to form crystals.
Which sedimentry rocks are formed by chemical precipitation from seawater?
dont know limestone and gypsum
Which process most likely formed a layer of the sedimentary rock gypsum?
precipitation from seawater
In which environment might you expect a deposit of rocks Salt or rock gypsum to have formed?
shallow sea
Which state has the largest gypsum deposit in the world?
New Mexico
How is a natural stack formed?
It is formed by pure gypsum.
How was the white desert formed?
Minerals, especially gypsum, is weathered out of the surrounding mountains by rainfall. It is washed onto the floor of the desert where the water evaporates leaving a deposit of white gypsum sand. Wind may then carry this white sand to the surrounding desert and form dunes.
What rock is formed by chemical sediment?
Gypsum
What kind of sedimentary rock is formed when mineral solutions evaporate?
A chemical sedimentary rock. Evaporites are formed in this depositional environment. Salts, carbonates, and sulfates mostly. Halite, sylvite, calcite, gypsum, etc.
What has the author Robert Prairie written?
Robert Prairie has written: '1987 mapping survey of Belledune Fertilizer gypsum deposit' '1985 mapping survey of Belledune Fertilizer gypsum deposit-project N-8321-1F'
What formation is responsible for rock gypsum?
Gypsum is formed underwater, usually between layers of shale and limestone. When the water evaporates and the area dries, the gypsum becomes solid "rock" gypsum.
Why is plaster of Paris called plaster of Paris?
Gypsum plaster (plaster of Paris) ( CaSO4·½H2O ) A large gypsum deposit at Montmartre in Paris led gypsum plaster to be commonly known as "plaster of Paris"
What is the difference between Gypsum and Anhydrite?
Anhydrite is formed from dehydrated gypsum or to make it easier to understand when water is added to anhydrite it becomes gypsum as we can see from their chemical formulas [Anhydrite (CaSO4) and Gypsum (CaSO4-2H2O)].
Dolostone and rock gypsum are formed by what process?
Evaporation and Precipitation
What 3 minerals are formed by evaperation?
Sulfur,Halite,Gypsum.....
