A new study published in Science Advances by researchers from the National Graphene Institute at University of Manchester and ...

Gypsum's unique light behavior is unveiled, with shear phonon polaritons exhibiting a topological transition, paving the way for advanced photonic applications.

Tiny gypsum crystals can make phytoplankton so heavy that they rapidly sink, hereby transporting large quantities of carbon to the ocean's depths. Share: Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIN Email.

The chamber contains giant selenite crystals (gypsum, CaSO4 · 2 H2O), some of the largest natural crystals ever found on Earth. It’s a unique place — let’s have a look at how these colossal ...

Tiny gypsum crystals can make phytoplankton so heavy that they rapidly sink, hereby transporting large quantities of carbon to the ocean's depths. Experts from the Alfred Wegener Institute ...

Unlike the giant crystal cave of Naica in Mexico, where mineralogists were able to study a still active crystal cave, the crystals in the geode of Pulpí stopped growing almost 60.000 years ago.

The crystals—a form of gypsum called selenite (CaSO 4 ∙2H 2 O)—took up to a million years to develop within a water-filled, magma-heated cave 300 m below the Earth’s surface.

Almost perfect conditions made it possible to grow gypsum crystals more than 32-foot in length and with an estimated mass of 40-50 tons. Enormous gypsum crystals in a Naica cavern found during mining.

The crystals, some of which weigh over 50 metric tons, are made from gypsum, a soft mineral with a Mohs scale of hardiness score of just 2 – that’s only one level above the scale’s softest ...

The Cave of Crystals in Chihuahua, Mexico, is buried almost 1,000 feet (300 meters) beneath Earth's surface and contains giant gypsum crystal beams that are up to 37 feet (11 m) long.