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Imagine All This Sand... Gone

Interpretive sign explains some of the products gypsum can be found in.
Finding value in the sand around you.

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Everything around you has value, including white gypsum sand. Gypsum is used in the food you eat as well as sheetrock that frames walls in houses. Finding a monetary value in the sand is one of the main reasons protections for the dunefield was originally sought for. 

White Sands National Park

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Last updated: February 9, 2021