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Blackboard Chalk Isn’t Really Chalk

• deleted 11y ago
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• PeterWhittaker 11y ago
  ...it's gypsum, and while no one is really sure why gypsum replaced chalk, it may have to do with a) gypsum being more widely available and b) gypsum can be shaped easily by first powdering it then by adding water and shaping.