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adj. - Resembling or containing a certain mineral.

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  • Red Rivers, which are tinged with red mud, derived from rocks of porphyry and red gypseous clays in 'the far west.'
  • This gypseous or Secondary formation was found to extend, not only over the adjacent hills, but everywhere along the road to
  • The superiority which is claimed for Burton ales is attributed to the use of well-water impregnated with sulphate of lime derived from the gypseous deposits of the district.
  • The oldest is the Gehannam Formation (ca 40-41 million years old) consisting of white marly limestone and gypseous shale and yielding many skeletons of archaic whales...
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