Bassett Products Co. quarry, Monticello, Wayne County, Kentucky, USA

Calcite var. travertine coated with tiny calcite crystals. These form in pools of quiet water. Collected from a cave blasted in the quarry in May 1990. Alan Goldstein specimen (#660) and photo.

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Calcite var. travertine in for form of a bacon strip. From a blasted cave collected in May 1990. Alan Goldstein specimen (668) and photo.

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Fluorite on dolomite, Monticello, Kentucky. Specimen is approx. 2x1x1 inches. Fluorite cube is approx. 0.5 inches across and is pale lilac-colored. Limestone matrix.

Calcite var. travertine: "Bacon Strip" and soda straws. Collected from a cave blasted in the quarry in May 1990. Speleothem collecting in Kentucky caves is not permitted, except when the cave is encountered & destroyed during normal quarry operations. Alan Goldstein specimen (#647) and photo.

© Alan Goldstein

Calcite var. travertine with an opening containing small crystals. Collected from a cave blasted in the quarry in May 1990. Speleothem collecting in Kentucky caves is not permitted, except when the cave is encountered & destroyed during normal quarry operations. Alan Goldstein specimen (#659) and photo.

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Calcite var. travertine: Cave popcorn. Collected from a cave blasted in the quarry in May 1990. Alan Goldstein specimens (#650,3) and photo.

© Alan Goldstein

Calcite var. travertine in mammillary form and velvety texture. Collected from a cave blasted in the quarry in May 1990. Alan Goldstein specimen (#649) and photo.

© Alan Goldstein

Calcite var. travertine: Cave popcorn. Collected from a cave blasted in the quarry in May 1990. Alan Goldstein specimen (#652) and photo.

© Alan Goldstein

Calcite var. travertine as a stalactite. Collected from a cave blasted in the quarry in May 1990. Alan Goldstein specimen (#656) and photo.

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Calcite var. travertine: Stalactites. Collected from a cave blasted in the quarry in May 1990. Alan Goldstein specimens (#655,7,8) and photo.

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Calcite var. travertine in mammillary form. Collected from a cave blasted in the quarry in May 1990. Alan Goldstein specimen (#651) and photo.

© Alan Goldstein

This is a cabinet-sized specimen of dolomite from the Bassett Products County Quarry, Monticello, Wayne County, Kentucky. This specimen was in the former collection of Terry Huizing. An excellent example of "saddle-shaped" dolomite crystals on dolostone matrix. Interestingly the matrix itself shows a fairly bright orange-yellow color under a ...

© Jamison K. Brizendine

A small cave was blasted through during quarrying operations. Here is the remnants of a dome-pit lined with travertine. Photo by Alan Goldstein, about 1989. (From a scanned slide.)

© Alan Goldstein

A view of the northeast side of the Bassett Products quarry. Lowest levels have fluorite and dolomite. Middle levels have travertine (cave speleothems) and celestine. Photo by Alan Goldstein, about 1989. (From a scanned slide.)

© Alan Goldstein

A view of the center of the Bassett Products quarry. Lowest levels have fluorite and dolomite. Middle levels have travertine (cave speleothems) and celestine. Photo by Alan Goldstein, about 1989. (From a scanned slide.)

© Alan Goldstein