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What does gypsiferous mean?

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Adjective
  1. Containing gypsum.
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Quartz is the dominant mineral in veins in siliceous rocks, calcite in limestones, and gypsum in gypsiferous sediments.
They were laid in gypsiferous clay, a mass of which lay close to the southwest corner.
Wherever the gypsiferous marls of the Calchaqui are near the surface, the springs are saline.
The message in this Note is that reported values of exchangeable calcium for calcareous or gypsiferous soils are usually incorrect.
By this mechanism holes, commonly up to 20m deep and 40m or more across, continue to appear suddenly in gypsiferous terranes throughout the world.
This result is attributed to the connection of the lake with rocks of the gypsiferous series.

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