Above: White Sands National Monument near Alamogordo, NM.  The dunes are white because they are made up almost entirely of the mineral gypsum.  Photo credit, David Moss. 

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​David K. Moss
Associate Professor
Sam Houston State University
Department Environmental and Geosciences
​Huntsville, TX 
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