gypsum aka alabaster (does more then you'd think)

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gypsum aka alabaster (does more then you'd think)

Postby viznew » Sun Feb 12, 2017 8:22 am

it had been mentioned before not not too extensivly i think, its an old material used world wide for a longtime in a surprizing amount of things

there is a rare form knowen as desert roses (possiable curio while harvesting)
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Gypsum is a common mineral

Gypsum board is primarily used as a finish for walls and ceilings, and is known in construction as drywall, wallboard, sheetrock or plasterboard.
Gypsum blocks are used like concrete blocks in building construction.
Gypsum mortar is an ancient mortar used in building construction
perhaps a building or two that will need plaster

Plaster ingredients are used in surgical splints, casting moulds and modeling
something like gauze but for other injurys, a special curio that needs a mold in which molten metal is poured

Fertilizer and soil conditioner
mabye add to compost bin for a very light speed boost in giving mulch

As alabaster, a material for sculpture, it was used especially in the ancient world before steel was developed, when its relative softness made it much easier to carve.
mabye some satues can only be made from alabaster (as it allows for more detail)

A wood substitute in the ancient world: For example, when wood became scarce due to deforestation on Bronze Age Crete, gypsum was employed in building construction at locations where wood was previously used
sub for wood blocks

Adding hardness to water used for brewing
A common ingredient in making mead
mabye brew faster or rasie q of the brew

Used in baking as a dough conditioner, reducing stickiness, and as a baked-goods source of dietary calcium The primary component of mineral yeast food.
new baked bread of some type

Used in mushroom cultivation to stop grains from clumping together
needed for mushroom farming
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Re: gypsum aka alabaster (does more then you'd think)

Postby viznew » Fri Mar 10, 2017 9:58 am

also mabye crystal skulls chould be carved for curio (thay are cursed) cant heal while studying the skull mabye has a fail rate like making fire

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Re: gypsum aka alabaster (does more then you'd think)

Postby jorb » Tue Aug 01, 2017 9:15 pm

Will consider.
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