massive anhydrite

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• Anhydrite — An*hy drite, n. [See {Anhydrous}.] (Min.) A mineral of a white or a slightly bluish color, usually massive. It is anhydrous sulphate of lime, and differs from gypsum in not containing water (whence the name). [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Anhydrite — Not to be confused with anhydride. Anhydrite Anhydrite, Chihuahua, Mexico General …   Wikipedia

• anhydrite — noun Etymology: German Anhydrit, from Greek anydros Date: circa 1823 a mineral consisting of an anhydrous calcium sulfate that is usually massive and white or slightly colored …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• rock anhydrite —    A sedimentary rock (evaporite) composed chiefly of mineral anhydrite (anhydrous CaSO4);    The rock is generally massive, cryptocrystalline, and may exhibit rhythmic sedimentation (rhymites).    Compare: rock gypsum, rock halite.    SW …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

• South Pars / North Dome Gas-Condensate field — South Pars / North Dome Field …   Wikipedia

• gypsum — /jip seuhm/, n. a very common mineral, hydrated calcium sulfate, CaSO4·2H2O, occurring in crystals and in masses, soft enough to be scratched by the fingernail: used to make plaster of Paris, as an ornamental material, as a fertilizer, etc. [1640 …   Universalium

• sedimentary rock — Rock formed at or near the Earth s surface by the accumulation and lithification of fragments of preexisting rocks or by precipitation from solution at normal surface temperatures. Sedimentary rocks can be formed only where sediments are… …   Universalium

• Sulfate minerals — ▪ Table Sulfate minerals name colour lustre Mohs hardness specific gravity alum colourless; white vitreous 2–2½ 1.8 alunite white; grayish, yellowish, reddish, reddish brown vitreous 3½–4 2.6–2.9 alunogen white; yellowish or reddish vitreous to… …   Universalium

• Rundle Group — Stratigraphic range: Middle to Late Mississippian …   Wikipedia

• Selenite — This article is about the mineral: for other meanings, see Selenite (disambiguation). Selenite, satin spar, desert rose, and gypsum flower are four varieties of gypsum; all four varieties show obvious crystalline structure. The four crystalline… …   Wikipedia

• Silurian Period — Interval of geologic time, 443–417 million years ago. The third period of the Paleozoic Era, the Silurian follows the Ordovician Period and precedes the Devonian. It marks the first appearance of land plants and jawed fishes. The continents were… …   Universalium