Gypsum alabaster

Gypsum alabaster

Gypsum (Alabaster)

Hydrogenous sedimentary rock.
This alabaster gypsum sanoke from gypsum mine tailings, Anza Borrego desert area, California. During Miocene time, a shallow restricted marine bay extend northward from the Gulf of California into what is now the Anza Borrego desert region San Diego and San Bernardino Counties, California.
https://gotbooks.miracosta.edu/rocks/sedimentary/14.html 2/2/2021