New settlers used ground up gypsum as both a fertilizer and as a base for making plaster for construction. In fact, the first plaster mill in West Michigan was set up at a location near Chief ...

Once it is dry, it lends the look of marble. Next up is gypsum plaster, popular today due to its accessibility, as it can be mined or manufactured. Plaster of Paris is a popular, quick-setting ...

Gypsum may be an unfamiliar name to many but we are surrounded by it every day. It is a mineral used to make types of plaster which coat our homes, schools and offices - and in Cumbria sits the ...