gypsum desert

См. также в других словарях:

• Desert rose — might refer to: Desert rose (crystal), a rosette formation of gypsum and barite with sand inclusions Desert rose or Adenium, a flowering plant in tropical Africa and Arabia Desert Rose (Sting song), a song on Sting s 1999 album Brand New Day… …   Wikipedia

• Gypsum — Infobox mineral name = Gypsum category = Mineral boxwidth = boxbgcolor = caption = Desert rose, 10 cm long formula = Calcium Sulfate CaSO4·2H2O molweight = color = White to grey, pinkish red habit = Massive, flat. Elongated and generally… …   Wikipedia

• Desert rose (crystal) — Saharan desert rose, 47 cm long. Desert rose is the colloquial name given to rosette formations of the minerals gypsum and barite with poikilotopic sand inclusions. The petals are crystals flattened on the crystal habit tends to occur when the… …   Wikipedia

• Desert — Not to be confused with dessert. This article is about dry terrain. For the act of abandoning or withdrawing support, see desertion. For other uses, see Desert (disambiguation) …   Wikipedia

• desert pavement — ▪ geological formation       surface of angular, interlocking fragments of pebbles, gravel, or boulders in arid areas. Desert pavement forms on level or gently sloping desert flats, fans, or bajadas and lake and river terraces of Pleistocene age… …   Universalium

• desert roses — barytes or gypsum concretions whose shapes resemble roses …   Eponyms, nicknames, and geographical games

• Arabian Desert — 1. a desert in Egypt between the Nile valley and the Red Sea. ab. 80,000 sq. mi. (207,000 sq. km). 2. the desert region in the N part of the Arabian peninsula. * * * Desert region, Arabian Peninsula. It covers about 900,000 sq mi (2,330,000 sq… …   Universalium

• Thar Desert — The Thar Desert (Hindi: थार मरुस्थल) , also known as the Great Indian Desert, is a large, arid region in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent. With an area of more than 200,000 sq. km., [ [http://www.britannica.com/eb/article… …   Wikipedia

• North American Desert — ▪ region, North America Introduction  vast, irregular belt of inhospitable terrain (desert) that stretches north to south down the western side of the North American continent from southern Oregon and Idaho to northern Mexico. It roughly… …   Universalium

• Chihuahuan Desert — Coordinates: 30°32′26″N 103°50′14″W / 30.54056°N 103.83722°W / 30.54056; 103.83722 …   Wikipedia

• Arabian Desert — The Arabian Desert is a vast desert wilderness stretching from Yemen to the Persian Gulf and Oman to Jordan and Iraq. It occupies most of the Arabian Peninsula with an area of 2,330,000 square kilometers (900,000 mi²)cite book | first=John W. (ed …   Wikipedia