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Selenite from
Jewel Cave, Jewel Cave National Monument, Custer County, South Dakota, USA


Locality type:Cave
Classification
Species:Gypsum var: Selenite
Formula:CaSO4 · 2H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Selenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Jewel Cave, Jewel Cave National Monument, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:268359
Long-form Identifier:1:3:268359:1
GUID (UUID V4):d3d68458-3a9c-4712-a1ef-33d1e1f6b0ce
Nearest other occurrences of Selenite
23.3km (14.5 miles) ⓘBull Moose Mine, Custer, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (issue)
the Geology and Resources of the Black Hills of Dakota with Atlas, Washington. 1879-1880, quarto, pp....Preliminary Report of Ex­ plorations in Nebraska and Dakota. in the Years 1855-56-57. Washington. I 875. Oc­...Black Hills, and adjacent pans of the Nebraska and Dakota regions was originally as an appendix to the Humphrey...topographic and geographic features from Kansas in the south to the Canadian border on the north. The map extends...com PO Box 455 • Poncha Springs, Colorado 81242 USA Phone: 719-539-4113 • Fax 719-539-4542 SUMMER 2002
Report (issue)
National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Natural Resource Program Center Wind Cave National...THE COVER: On the Candlelight Tour Route in Wind Cave boxwork protrudes from the ceiling in the Council...Austin, inside photo by Even Blackstock Wind Cave National Park Geologic Resources Inventory Report Natural...80225 March 2009 U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service Natural Resource Program Center Denver...and applicability to a broad readership in the National Park Service and to others in the management of
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Hills of South Dakota THOMAS J . C A M P B E L L and WILLARD L . ROBERTS Museum of Geology South Dakota...Dakota School of Mines and Technology Rapid City, South Dakota 57701 more comprehensive description of the...occurrences as the Black Hills area of western South Dakota. These occurrences are quite diverse, ranging...the recently added South Dakota room in the Museum of Geology at the South Dakota School of Mines and...Thomas Campbell is a graduate student at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. His major in­
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a rockfall in Paleozoic sandstone. Hot Springs National Park: 101 Reserve Street, Hot Springs, 71901;...Pennsylvanian Pounds Sandstone. Cave-In-Rock: 1 New State Park Road, Cave-in-Rock, 62919; http://www.dnr...gov/Parks/Pages/CaveInRock. aspx. This massive 55-foot-wide cave along the banks of the Ohio River was carved out...and is exposed near the cave entrance. Garden of the Gods: Shawnee National Forest, Herod; http://www...seafloor. Collecting is not allowed. Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore: 1100 North Mineral Springs Road, Porter
Book (edition)
EDITION SOUTH DAKOTA MINNESOTA KANSAS • INDIANA • • MISSOURI ILLINOIS • NORTH DAKOTA • OHIO...includes SOUTH DAKOTA • MICHIGAN • ILLINOIS • IOWA WISCONSIN • OHIO • KANSAS • NORTH DAKOTA NEBRASKA...Jasper 25 Golden Barite - 13 Black Agates The Custer Area Tepee Canyon Agate Page 8 12 Ardmore Agate...Minnesota 32 Wisconsin 39 Nebraska 40 North Dakota 43 Indiana . 45 Ohio 46 Michigan 50 Missouri...you are a tourist in the IMack Hills of Soutli Dakota, the highest mountain region east of the Rockies
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logyoO0000grie &N ROADSIDE % JEOLOGY of South Dakota John Paul Gries Mountain Press Publishing...Gries, John Paul, 1911- Roadside geology of South Dakota / John Paul Gries. p. cm. Includes bibliographical...(pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Geology—South Dakota—Guidebooks. 2. South Dakota— Guidebooks. I. Title. QE163.G68...interpreting the details of the surface geology of South Dakota. My model is Nathaniel Horatio Darton, geologist...depth to groundwater in the western half of South Dakota. Even in this day of gadgetry, field studies
Journal (issue)
SUCCESS SELENIUM, CUSTER & The Battle of Little Bighorn EASTER GEM STORIES CAVES NATIONAL PARKS + OF THE...2022 16 CAVES OF THE NATIONAL PARKS 50 FOR WANT OF A MINERAL: SELENIUM, CUSTER & THE BATTLE OF LITTLE...many adventures and one of my favorites was to a cave that was not open to the public. We would crawl...make our way through the extensive cave system. It was a legit cave with a stream, cliffs, stalactites...stalactites and stalagmites. We’d eat lunch in the cave, spend time without any light, etc. We were messy at the
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COVER -- Pairburn agates from South Dakota. Photo courtesy South Dakota School of Mines Museum. > 1...includes 1 SOUTH DAKOTA • MICHIGAN • ILLINOIS • IOWA WISCONSIN • OHIO • KANSAS • NORTH DAKOTA NEBRASKA...2 KANSAS Foreword 4 How To Use This Book SOUTH DAKOTA 6 New Finds ................ Fairburn Type...Blue Chalcedony .... Tourmaline ............... Selenite.......................... New Discoveries ......AGATE BEDS 11 OELRICHS AGATE BED .. 12 THE CUSTER AREA ......... Tepee Canyon Agate ... Garnets
Report (issue)
STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA Nils Boe, Governor MINERALOGY OF THE BLACK HILLS by WILLARD LINCOLN ROBERTS...Associate in Mineralogy Museum of Geology, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and GEORGE RAPP...Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology With the Editorial...Mineralogy South Dakota School of Mines and Technology BULLETIN NUMBER 18 of the South Dakota School of...of Mines and Technology Rapid City, South Dakota PUBLICATIONS STAFF F. L. Partlo J. T. Thomas President
Journal (issue)
was found in the Hell Creek Formation in North Dakota, a heavily studied formation containing a variety...Montana and stretches into portions of North and South Dakota and into parts of Wyoming ("The virtual fossil‖)...It has been a good life. The Black Hills of South Dakota (and some in Wyoming) (Fig. 1) have enough Blue...back in 1965. As a student at the University of South Dakota I was on a field trip designed to collect mammals;...secured from local rock shops (I found the shops in Custer and Hermosa to be very helpful), the U. S. Forest
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(Lane Book Company); Yellowstone Nature Notes (National Park Service); the New York Times; and, especially...tourmaline crystals from various mines in San Diego County, California are often found distinctively zoned...polished “egg” from the Chocolate Mountains, Imperial County, California. The scenic features are simply the...crystal-lined pocket, or vug, ina mine at Tintic, Juab County, Utah in the late thirties. It is a choice specimen...papagoite in quartz, Messina, North Transvaal, South Africa; rutile in quartz, Tavetsch, Canton Grisons
Report (volume)
the Cascade Springs Quadrangle Fall River County South Dakota GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN Prepared on...the Cascade Springs Quadrangle Fall River County South Dakota By EDWIN V. POST GEOLOGY AND URANIUM DEPOSITS...the Cascade Springs quadrangle, Fall River County, South Dakota. 30. Isometric panel diagram of the Fall... Cascade Springs quadrangle, Fall River County, South Dakota, showing abrupt changes in lithology and... Cascade Springs quadrangle, Fall River County, South Dakota. FIGURE 86. Index map showing location of
Book (volume)
Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, — ; Oregon, South Dakota, Washington, and Wyoming ~ AllanW...Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia... Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington, and Wyoming VOLUME 4:...Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington, and Wyoming by Allan W...Minnesota Missouri Montana Nebraska North Dakota Oregon South Dakota Washington vi Contents Wyoming 5505
Report (volume)
Geology of the Edgemont Quadrangle Fall River County South Dakota w a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN [H %... Geology of the Edgemont Quadrangle Fall River County South Dakota By J. DONALD RYAN GEOLOGY AND URANIUM DEPOSITS...1921Geology of the Edgemont quadrangle, Fall River County, South Dakota. Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1964...quadrangle, Fall River County, South Dakota. 1964. (Card 2) 1. Geology South Dakota Fall River Co. 1. Title:...Title: Edgemont quadrangle, Fall River County, South Dakota. (Series) For sale by the Superintendent
Report (volume)
Geology of the Dewey Quadrangle Wyoming-South Dakota GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN Prepared on behalf...1063-B Geology of the Dewey Quadrangle Wyoming-South Dakota By DONALD A. BROBST GEOLOGY OF URANIUM DEPOSITS...section of Wicker-Baldwin urainum prospect, Weston County, Wyo______________________________ In pocket FIGURE...Creek shale in sec. 21, T. 41 N., R. 60 W., Weston County, Wyo_ 46 TABLE Page TABLE 1. Stratigraphy of the...HILLS GEOLOGY OF THE DEWEY QUADRANGLE WYOMING-SOUTH DAKOTA By DONALD A. BROBST ABSTRACT The Dewey quadrangle
Book (volume)
Pyrite, Selenite and Sphalerite. A few alluvial Diamonds have been found. ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT...CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD, area creek gravels and alluvial deposits, rare⎯Diamond. CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON...Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay
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Pyrite, Selenite and Sphalerite. A few alluvial Diamonds have been found. ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT...CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD, area creek gravels and alluvial deposits, rare⎯Diamond. CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON...Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay
Book (volume)
Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States SOUTH DAKOTA This northwestern Great Plains state varies...In the far western counties of Lawrence, Meade, Custer and Pennington the land rises abruptly into the...rising granite mass intruded the famed Cretaceous Dakota sandstone, which underlies most of the Great Plains...continental seas were advancing from the south, the Dakota sandstone represents topset beds, wave reworked...Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial in Pennington Co. measured 42’ long and
Journal (issue)
MIM, 2 a c••n~r••• r2 I1 DEPT. 109 □ 900 SOUTH ARROYO PARKWAY □ PASADENA, c:ALIFORNIA 91109 CARLSBAD....... ..................................... 44 SOUTH CENTRAL FEDERATION OF MINERAL SOClmEI Offluua Virgil...Antonio, Tua, 71211 Mra. Vlola Smith, TrNaUNr 1215 South 41st Street, Temple, Teu, 7'501 GlMI & MINEIALI...Instruments and Exacta Crafts Products. Authentic Indian Jewel ry, quality findings and cut stones. Raytech. Highland...La. 70001 . FEDERATION SHOWS March 11 thru 11. SOUTH CENTRAL FEDERATION OF MINERALOGICAL SOCIETIES. Annual
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MIM, 2 a c••n~r••• r2 I1 DEPT. 109 □ 900 SOUTH ARROYO PARKWAY □ PASADENA, c:ALIFORNIA 91109 CARLSBAD....... ..................................... 44 SOUTH CENTRAL FEDERATION OF MINERAL SOClmEI Offluua Virgil...Antonio, Tua, 71211 Mra. Vlola Smith, TrNaUNr 1215 South 41st Street, Temple, Teu, 7'501 GlMI & MINEIALI...Instruments and Exacta Crafts Products. Authentic Indian Jewel ry, quality findings and cut stones. Raytech. Highland...La. 70001 . FEDERATION SHOWS March 11 thru 11. SOUTH CENTRAL FEDERATION OF MINERALOGICAL SOCIETIES. Annual
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chapters entitled Gypsum Caves, Krubera (Voronja) Cave, and Ukranian Giant Gypsum Caves. Copyright © 2005...Burlington, MA 01803, USA 525 B Street, Suite 1900, San Diego, California 92101-4495, USA 84 Theobald’s Road...to Darkness Crustacea 1 Databases Castleguard Cave, Canada Adaptation to Low Food 10 Frédéric Hervant...Boris Sket Diversity Patterns in the Tropics 166 Cave Dwellers in the Middle East 85 Paul Goldberg and...Susan W. Murray and Thomas H. Kunz Contamination of Cave Waters by Heavy Metals 127 Beetles Dorothy J.
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ve me nts that have helped to give mineralogy a national recognition . Among your friends there must b...1 must br· , cco1ninodated after the five-year South Africa , ac.1tion. The Jagersfontein diamond mine...t J i:1~t1ll their displays on Th ursday, June South Af rica. This mint is noted for its 13, :'nJ ·.h:>lild...\'<'. CIPprn ,.,. 193-l l'v{ill Road. South 10' 000, is in south\\estern Orange Frc.e Pa-;:1d~•1 1, C...\vest, the author suggests the Black H ills of South D akota, via. the Bad Lands. Traveling west on U
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238 Main Street Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, USA All rights reserved. Except for the quotation of...Acknowledgements ONE The Cave System and Karst What is Karst? What is a Cave? Where are the Deepest and...Caves as Geomorphic Systems Now the Details... TWO Cave Hydrology Basic Concepts in Karst Drainage Systems...Karst Drainage System Defining the Catchment of a Cave Hydraulics of Groundwater Flow in Karst Diffuse...Hydrology of the Mammoth Cave Plateau, Kentucky Contents THREE Processes of Cave Development Introduction
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evolution in other light-insulated environments Cave-adaptive evolution in nonanimal clades Bibliography...Introduction Behavioral evolution in the cave—how behaviors differ between cave species and their epigean relatives...relatives How and why do behaviors evolve in the cave? Bibliography 24 24 28 32 5. Adaptation: Morphological...William K. Jones and Lee F. Elliott Introduction Cave art in Europe Bibliography Rudi Verovnik and Marjeta...Konec Development of troglomorphies Postojna-planina cave system Broader view Asellus kosswigi Continental
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of Elsevier 225 Wyman Street, Waltham, MA 02451, USA The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford...B Street, Suite 1900, San Diego, CA 92101-4495, USA First edition 2005 Second edition 2012 Copyright...Encycloped ia xiii 99 Eco:.yl>tt!ms /o:, .,, 5 S•m<"' Cave, Dcfmition of l'rdacc xv \'\'J//:.JI/1 A Adnptation...An~a!' 140 155 F i\.1_vtwir Contnmination of Cave Waters by Heavy ~eta ls l)(rrr•tl•l( 1 v.~.,~·r...Un itt'\·! St.1tcs II lf,f•!-.; III lim r.lltt Cave Dwellt>r., in tlw Middlt> Fno;t '14 f'ilto/ C.,
 
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