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countable and uncountable, plural gypsums or gypsa
A mineral consisting of hydrated calcium sulphate. When calcinated, it forms plaster of Paris. quotations examples
Besides being abundant, gypsum is easily refined into a powder for plaster or formed into sheets of wallboard.
1980, Robert M. Jones, editor, Walls and Ceilings, Time-Life Books, page 7