An original and detailed study focusing the petrography of evaporites from the Late Aptian deposits exposed in the eastern and southern São Luís-Grajaú Basin is presented herein, with the attempt of distinguishing between primary and secondary evaporites, and reconstructing their post-depositional evolution. Seven evaporites phases were recognized: 1. chevron gypsum; 2. nodular to lensoidal gyp...

Nocardia gypsoides, a species characterised by its ability to produce calcium sulphate granules, has been isolated for the first time from a corneal ulcer. In vivo this pseudomycete also forms gypsum. Every effort should be made to identify Actinomycetales to species level. The names Leptothrix and Streptothrix should be abandoned.

The Raman spectra of cyanobacterial species, Gloecapsa and Nostoc, in clear gypsum crystals from the Haughton Crater, Devon Island, Canadian High Arctic, site of a meteorite impact during the Miocene some 23 Mya, have been recorded using several visible and near-infrared excitation wavelengths. The best spectra were obtained using a green wavelength at 514.5 nm and a confocal microscope with an...

Background Gypsum, or calcium sulfate dihydrate, (CaSO4 l 2H2O) is the major component of drywall, or gypsum board, core. It is a naturally occurring mineral, deposited largely as a result of the evaporation of water in ancient inland seas, which contained large amounts of dissolved gypsum. For example, the evaporation of a typical 20,000 gallon residential swimming pool filled with seawater wi...

This chapter discusses the phenomenon of polymorphism in organic and organometallic compounds. Polymorphism is first introduced and then, to give the work some context, background information is given concerning properties and techniques for characterizing the solid phases. In particular, desolvation and interconverstion are examined, and the gas–solid reactions are presented as a successful ro...

The rate of hydration influences many important physical properties of gypsum. Previous research examined the rate of gypsum hydration and related this to compressive strength and microstructure development using BET specific surface area analysis. The analysis of gypsum porosity in combination with BET surface area and rate of hydration remains to be done. In the present study, mesoporosity is...

Calcium-containing crystal deposition diseases represent a group of clinically heterogeneous calcific diseases that are a significant source of morbidity.1 Phosphorylated carboxylic acids are powerful inhibitors of biological crystallization as it relates to those diseases.2 Phosphocitrate (PC), a naturally occurring compound (Chart 1),3 is particularly potent. It has been demonstrated to inhib...