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The sediment layers consist of dark layers that are composed of organic-rich deposits, and light-colored layers that are composed of the mineral gypsum (calcium sulfate dihydrate; CaSO4·2H2O).

Because gypsum dissolves easily in water, rain would normally wash it away and carry it to the sea. In this part of the Chihuahuan Desert, however, the land forms a basin, trapping the mineral; water ...

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In 2015 the agency recommended that the area be withdrawn from mineral leasing, but under the Trump administration ... has tiny yellow flowers that bloom for only a few weeks in June. Gypsum ...