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It is made from a soft rock called gypsum.

The gypsum is heated to about 1500C to remove its H2O (water) content. It becomes a dry powder, with the chemical name gympsum hemihydrate or, more accurately calcium sulfate hemihydrate. CaSO4.1/2H2O

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Plaster of Paris is gypsum plaster.

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