| Abstract from DBPedia | Gypsum is a soft sulfate mineral composed of calcium sulfate dihydrate, with the chemical formula CaSO4·2H2O. It is widely mined and is used as a fertilizer and as the main constituent in many forms of plaster, blackboard or sidewalk chalk, and drywall. Alabaster, a fine-grained white or lightly tinted variety of gypsum, has been used for sculpture by many cultures including Ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Ancient Rome, the Byzantine Empire, and the Nottingham alabasters of Medieval England. Gypsum also crystallizes as translucent crystals of selenite. It forms as an evaporite mineral and as a hydration product of anhydrite. The Mohs scale of mineral hardness defines gypsum as hardness value 2 based on scratch hardness comparison.石膏（せっこう）とは、硫酸カルシウム（CaSO4）を主成分とする鉱物である。硫酸カルシウムの1/2水和物がバサニ石（CaSO4･0.5H2O）、2水和物が石膏（CaSO4･2H2O）、無水物が硬石膏（CaSO4）。これら硫酸カルシウムの各水和物および無水物を一纏めに「石膏」という場合もあるので注意を要する。 (Source: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Gypsum) |
