gypsum desert
1Desert 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… …
2Gypsum — 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… …
3Desert 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… …
4Desert — 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) …
5desert 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… …
6desert roses — barytes or gypsum concretions whose shapes resemble roses …
7Arabian 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… …
8Thar 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… …
9North 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… …
10Chihuahuan Desert — Coordinates: 30°32′26″N 103°50′14″W / 30.54056°N 103.83722°W / 30.54056; 103.83722 …
