Gypsum - Indian Laws - General

Gypsum In Webster s Third New International Dictionary , Volume 1, 1947 Edition, the word gypsum means: gypsum: Mineral. Hydrous calcium sulphate, CaSO(4)2H(2)O, colorless when pure, occurring in the form of monoclinic crystals, easily splitting into folia, or massive, H.2. Sp.gr. 2.31-2.32. Gypsum occurs in all parts of the world, and is used as a dressing for soils, for making plaster of Paris, etc., salenite, alabaster, and satin-spar are varieties. In another latest edition of Webster s Third New International Dictionary of the English Language Unabridged, Volume 1, gypsum has been defined as under: gypsum: 1. a widely distributed mineral CaSO(4)2H(2)O consisting of hydrous calcium sulfate that, is colorless when pure, occurs massive or in the form of monoclinic crystals that easily split into folia, and is used chiefly as a soil amendment, as a retarder in Portland cement, and in making plaster of Paris. In the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary On Historical Principles, Volume I (A-Markworthy), Third Edition and in the Oxford English Dictionary , Volume IV, 1933 Edition, the word gypsum gives the same meaning, which reads as under: gypsum : Min. Hydrous calcium sulphate, the mineral from which plaster of Paris is made. While used as verb, it means: to dress (land or a crop) with g. (gypsum). In Chambers English Dictionary by Caterine Schwarz, etc., 1992 Edition, gypsum has been defined as under: gypsum: n. a soft mineral, hydrated calcium sulphate, source of plaster of Paris and other plasters, HARYANA LAND RECLAMATION AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION VERSUS STATE OF HARYANA - 1993 (2) TMI 277 - PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT