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| location      = [[Anauroch]], [[North Faerûn]]<ref name="ana">{{Cite book/Anauroch|43}}</ref><br/>[[Ankhapur]], [[Lake of Steam]]<ref name="KP">{{Cite book/King Pinch||5}}</ref><br/>[[Mulhorand]], [[Old Empires]]<ref name="pp" /><br/>[[Underdark]]<ref name="UD" /><br/>[[Elemental Plane of Earth]]<ref name="IP">{{Cite book/The Inner Planes|30}}</ref>
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'''Gypsum''' was a white mineral substance used in the creation of [[plaster]] and [[alabaster]].<ref name="ana" /><ref name="drag72-2">{{Cite dragon/72/Gems Galore|21}}</ref>

==Description==
Gypsum was a relatively soft mineral. A test could be used to determine its authenticity – gypsum could not be scratched by a fingernail but rather by using a [[copper]] or [[bronze]] [[coin]].<ref name="drag248">{{Cite dragon/248/Crystal Confusion|41}}</ref> [[Satin spar]] was a type of gypsum mineral, also known as feather gypsum, that was used in gem-cutting.<ref name="drag72">{{Cite dragon/72/Gems Galore|16}}</ref>

==Usage==
The city of [[Ankhapur]] in the [[Land of the Lions]] had walls that looked to be made of white gypsum, though tarnished in appearance.<ref name="KP" />

The [[Mulhorand]]i deity [[Geb]] had his temples constructed to be living caverns adorned with mineral formations, including gypsum flowers.<ref name="pp">{{Cite book/Powers & Pantheons|100}}</ref>

==Availability==
Gypsum was found within the rocks of the great desert of [[Anauroch]] in [[North Faerûn]]. Deposits of the substance were broken off and harvested by the [[Bedine]] [[human]]s along with the less valuable gypsum dust.<ref name="ana" />

''[[Aurora's Whole Realms Catalogue]]'' sold gypsum in eight-ounce bags for a single [[silver]] [[coin|piece]], available from the Wizard's Laboratory of the catalogue.<ref name="Aur" />

[[Crystal flower]]s of the [[Underdark]] were beautiful natural mineral formations of [[halite]], gypsum, and other substances. They were valued by the sentient inhabitants of the Underdark for their beauty.<ref name="UD">{{Cite book/Underdark|104}}</ref>

The scales of [[radiant dragon]]s consisted of glistening [[mica]] and gypsum.<ref name="SJ">{{Cite book/Spelljammer: AD&D Adventures in Space/Lorebook of the Void|73}}</ref>

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