Gypsum (Civ7)

Gypsum
City resource of the Antiquity Age City resource of the Exploration Age
Introduced in Civilization VII
Resource value	+1
Types and effects
Antiquity Age type	City resource
Antiquity Age effects	+2 Production to Capital +4 Production to any other City
Exploration Age type	City resource
Exploration Age effects	+3 Production to Homeland Cities +6 Production to Distant Land Cities
Modern Age type	Not available in this age.
Improvement
Improvement	Quarry
Found on
Plains Flat
Plains Flat
Plains Rough
Plains Rough
Tundra Rough
Tundra Rough

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Gypsum is a resource in Civilization VII.

Strategy

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Civilopedia entry

Hydrated calcium sulfate, called gypsum after the Greek word for “chalk,” forms as brine but turns into a translucent crystal after being subjected to pressure and heat under the Earth's surface for hundreds of millions of years. As such, it often exists alongside other remnants of the sea floor: salt deposits or limestone. Gypsum has been known since Egyptian times as a source of plaster. The association of hard-hydrated calcium sulfate with powdery calcium sulfate hemihydrate is what makes it so useful – by heating gypsum and releasing some of its water, one can form the powder into shapes. When more water is added, it hardens again. While plaster isn’t terribly strong, it is useful as a building material. Due to gypsum's sulfur content, it also has uses in agriculture, as fertilizer.

See also

• Gypsum in other games

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