calcium sulfate
noun
: a white salt CaSO4 that occurs especially as anhydrite, gypsum, and plaster of paris and that in hydrated form is used as a building material and in anhydrous form is used as a drying agent
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First, Perseverance discovered long, white veins of calcium sulfate, a mineral likely deposited by flowing water, streaking across the rock’s reddish surface.
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Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 July 2024
Join 32 others in the comments View Comments The team also spotted the potential presence of hematite between the white bands of calcium sulfate in the rock.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 26 July 2024
Then, water oozed into the cracks of the solid rock, creating the calcium sulfate veins and enabling the chemical reactions that left the leopard spots.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 July 2024
Later on, water may have penetrated through cracks in the rock, depositing minerals to create the calcium sulfate veins and leopard spots.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 26 July 2024
The team has seen evidence of bright white calcium sulfate, also known as gypsum, within cracks on the Martian surface that are essentially hard-water deposits left behind by ancient groundwater flows.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 20 July 2024
The top of a growing black smoker consists of calcium sulfate, or anhydrite.
—Robert Kunzig, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
Most industrial companies use calcium sulfate.
—Janelle Bitker, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 July 2021
Too much sulfur dioxide in damp air will trigger a chemical reaction in limestone, causing white calcium carbonate to convert to black calcium sulfate.
—Veronique Greenwood, Discover Magazine, 30 Dec. 2011
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Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 July 2024
Join 32 others in the comments View Comments The team also spotted the potential presence of hematite between the white bands of calcium sulfate in the rock.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 26 July 2024
Then, water oozed into the cracks of the solid rock, creating the calcium sulfate veins and enabling the chemical reactions that left the leopard spots.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 July 2024
Later on, water may have penetrated through cracks in the rock, depositing minerals to create the calcium sulfate veins and leopard spots.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 26 July 2024
The team has seen evidence of bright white calcium sulfate, also known as gypsum, within cracks on the Martian surface that are essentially hard-water deposits left behind by ancient groundwater flows.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 20 July 2024
The top of a growing black smoker consists of calcium sulfate, or anhydrite.
—Robert Kunzig, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
Most industrial companies use calcium sulfate.
—Janelle Bitker, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 July 2021
Too much sulfur dioxide in damp air will trigger a chemical reaction in limestone, causing white calcium carbonate to convert to black calcium sulfate.
—Veronique Greenwood, Discover Magazine, 30 Dec. 2011
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“Calcium sulfate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/calcium%20sulfate. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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