A desert rose,a rosette-shaped aggregrate of gypsum,often incorporating grains of sand of a reddish colour. Gypsum is a common sedimentary evaporite (a mineral deposit of precipitated salt). It consists of hydrated calcium sulphate. Splendid desert roses occur in Tunisia,Morocco,Arizona and New Mexico; this one was found in the Sahara Desert | |
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Credit: | Science Photo Library / Land, Martin |
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