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Alabaster from
Wyandotte Cave, Crawford County, Indiana, USA


Locality type:Cave
Classification
Species:Gypsum var: Alabaster
Formula:CaSO4 · 2H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Alabaster data
Locality Data:Click here to view Wyandotte Cave, Crawford County, Indiana, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:158743
Long-form Identifier:1:3:158743:2
GUID (UUID V4):f58d8fc9-b24c-47d1-8f56-ad3b54d3688a
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Report (issue)
MINERALS OF INDIANA by RICHARD C. ERD AND SEYMOUR S. GREENBERG Indiana Department of Conservation GEOLOGICAL...GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Bulletin No. 18 1960 STATE OF INDIANA HAROLD W. HANDLEY, GOVERNOR DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION...________________________________ MINERALS OF INDIANA BY RICHARD C. ERD AND SEYMOUR S. GREENBERG PRINTED...PRINTED BY AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF INDIANA BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA September 1060 _____________________...______________ For sale by Geological Survey, Indiana Department of Conservation, Bloomington, Ind. Price
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caves and karst of indiana Samuel S. Frushour IN coNJUNctIoN WItH tHe Indiana Geological Survey WItH...coNtrIBUtIoN BY Julian J. Lewis and Salisa L. Lewis INDIANA UNIVERSITY PR ESS Bloomington & Indianapolis GuideTCAKOI...publication of Indiana University Press 601 North Morton Street Bloomington, Indiana 47404-3797 USA iupress...800-842-6796 Fax orders 812-855-7931 © 2012 by The Indiana Geological Survey All rights reserved No part of...1 What Is a Cave? 2 Formation of Indiana Caves 3 Cave Deposits and Cave Minerals 8 Cave Climate 13 The
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
have found in the Magnet Cove area of Hot Spring County, Arkansas. I am sending you a specimen under separate...on Delaware Bay, is in the N / E part of Sussex County, Del. From this beach, Bob and Hazel Reynolds,...item or two. ROCKS AND MINERALS IDAHO—"In Bonner County, Northern Idaho, at a place called Chimney Rock...cake. It is most peculiar and most interesting." INDIANA—"I am sending a nodule of hornstone taken from...from the floor of a large room in Wyandotte Cave, Crawford Co., Ind., 1 mile from the entrance and 500 feet
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Fossil and Mineral Trails Lakes States Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, by June Culp Zeitner $5...species of fossils have been collected in Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan. Dow Chemical has reported finding...and Huron virtually surrounding it. Illinois and Indiana are bordered in part by Lake Michigan, and Ohio...peninsula of Michigan. Southern Illinois, southern Indiana and southern Ohio have milder winters than the...through Itasca and St. Louis Counties into Lake County. Hibbing is about the center of this historic area
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Annotated Bibliography of Indiana Geology 1956 Through 1975 State of Indiana Department of Natural Resources...sketch of Cataract Falls on Mill Creek in Owen County by David Dale Owen (1807-60) . The original engraving...in " Report of a Geological Reconnaissance of Indiana, Made During the Years 1859 and 1860 Under the...1862 by Richard Owen. Annotated Bibliography of Indiana Geology 1956 Through 1975 By NANCY R. HASENMUELLER...AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF INDIANA BLOOMINGTON , INDIANA: 1987 STATE OF INDIANA Robert D. Orr, Governor
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ordinary roads it ancient quarries of Oriental alabaster and flint in the West, is more economical in fuel...engines to be most economical, him in Wyandotte Cave, Indiana. Professor E. S. Morse molasses, 106 vacuum
Journal (issue)
Oolite, State Collece, Pa. NECKLACE OF HERKIMER COUNTY QUARTZ CRYSTALS. Collection of Akteur Chamberlain...in its native condition, it is unique. Herkimer County crystals are sold at Hot Springs, Ark., as being...abound, and that many caverns in the best studied cave districts of Austria are still known only in name...our people know, for instance, that the cave region of Indiana is surpassed in importance only by that...How many of us ever hear of Wyandotte Cave, in Craw ford County, Indiana, whose calcite formations really
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Dahlonega Co. and Rabum Co., and  the McDuffie County Belt extending through portions of McDuffie, Warren...Sphalerite. BALDWIN COUNTY MILLEDGEVILLE, at state farmjasper. BANKS COUNTY COMMERCE, along Hwy. 59...along adjoining Co. linerock crystal. BARROW COUNTY WINDER, along rd. to Jefferson and 1½ mi. inside...Hounds in the United States BARTOW COUNTY AREA, Saltpeter Cave, as floatjasper. CARTERSVILLE:  area...occurrences are in the vicinity of Cartersville and Cave Springs (NW Polk Co. and 147 Georgia SW Floyd
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ordinary roads it ancient quarries of Oriental alabaster and flint in the West, molasses, 65 vacuum pans...engines to be most economical, him in Wyandotte Cave, Indiana. Professor E. S. Morse molasses, 106 vacuum
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Health, but It Doesn’t Have to Be.101 Chapter 7 Cave Rescue.107 Chapter 8 Taking It Home on Film.117...Carlsbad Caverns, possibly the most incredible of all cave formations in the United States. The National Speleological...perspective. While some caves are indeed cold, the average cave temperature is about 50° F., and this temperature...Each process creates a different size and form of cave, from large, rounded caverns to systems of long...enter a cave. Walking on flat land is different from walking on the rough terrain of a cave floor; using
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Department of Geological Sciences Duluth MN 55812-2496 USA grapp@d.umn.edu ISBN: 978-3-540-78593-4 e-ISBN:... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 6.4 Alabaster and Gypsum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...quartzite, Boulder Lake Reservoir, St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... 86 Major obsidian deposits of the southwestern USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Basalt...Basalt hafted hammer from Lake Superior north shore, USA . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Hafted granite hammer from
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600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...Quartz crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R.... 10 E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No....mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
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600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...Quartz crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R.... 10 E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No....mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
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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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Grimaldi, Italy: also Dune Dwellers of Mongolia: Swiss Cave Dwellers: also Egyptian and Mesopotamian pre-historic...3oo-2,7oo s.c.). AMBER. Aurignacian (Wildscheuer Cave, Germany): also 8olutrean (Spain): Magdalenian (Hautes-Pyrenees):...OOOB.C. JADEITE. Middle Aurignacian (Wildscheuer Cave, Gemany): also Swiss Lake Dwellers, 7,ooo B.C.:...D. About 2o,ooo--I6,OOOB.C. CALCITE. Solutrean (Cave of Gourdan, France); also Neolithic. About 2o,ooo-I6...earlier): Sumerian (3,ooo B.C.). Prior to 3,5oo B.C. ALABASTER. Pre-Sumerian: also Egyptian pre-dynastic: dolmens
Journal (issue)
in the first place. And if you want to know the county (foreign money orders demand it), it is Westchester...SOURCES 1 By RONALD L. IVES Dept. of Geography, Indiana University, Bloomington , Ind . 1rts, uch 1ca-...cavities and veins. bi such workings, although actual cave-ins are uncommon, miners are exposed to falling...east of Asheboro, in the southern part of Randolph County, North Carolina, is a prominence that rises above...the little town of Murfreesboro, the county seat of Pike County, Ark., as we ,vanted to visit the nearby
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......................................... 403 Indiana............................................................................................. 451 Cave interiors............. ...........................penetrating Cretaceous shales, Dry creek, Tehama county, California. The dike is 18 inches thick and has...wall-like sandstone dike on Crow creek, Shasta county, California. The transverse joints in the dike...cutting Cretaceous shales on Roaring river, Shasta county, California. The larger dike is 12 inches and the
Report (volume)
Atlanta, Ga. Greene (George K.): Contributions to Indiana Paleontology, pts. 17-20, 1904. New Albany, Ind...Bulletin, vol. 7, art. 1-3, 1904. Urbana, 111. Indiana, Department of Geology and Natural Resources: 28th...H.) and Smith (A. F.). 1. The geology of Miller County [Missouri]. Mo. Bur. Geol. & Mines, 2d ser., vol...deposits. Bendrat (T. A.). 1. The geology of Lincoln County, South Dakota, and adjacent portions... Am. Geol...Blatchley (W. S.). 1. The petroleum industry in Indiana in 1903. Ind., Dept. Geol. & Nat. Res., 28th Ann
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species of salts found in Searles Lake San Bernardino County, California, 282 268 269 Fish Lake, 268 Death...Trona. Banded cryptocrystalline quartz. Agate. Alabaster. See Gypsum. K(A1O 2 H 2 (SO Alunite. ) 3 ...and 1.5-2; colorless, bluish; massive white = alabaster, crystallized transparent = selenite, fibrous...very meagre, observers having paid of Westchester County That it takes place, however, attention to this...Lake, California. In southeastern San Luis Obispo County, California, between high parallel mountain ranges
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commercial ores and secondary minerals by state, county, township, and geologic range. For easy identification...cities, and many of today’s prosperous western county seats began as mining-boom camps. trating sand...Whether you such as those listed alphabetically by county, township, and range in Part II of this book. Where...purposes and for fashioning weapons and utensils. Cave burials of Our heritage of the the Neolithic...will help you prospect and explore any state and county. etc., for mineral deposits in Finding Suitable
Book (edition)
Techniques, pleasures, and safeg;uards of modern cave exploration William R. Halliday, M.D. Former Director...fondest hopes. The map of Mammoth Cave now extends far beyond Mammoth Cave Ridge and Flint Ridge. Lesser...Headlamps 94 5. The Underground Connoisseur 121 6. Cave Ropes and Belaying 156 7. Vertical Caving-Descending...Vertical Caving-Ascending 203 9. Cave Medicine and First Aid 234 Cave Search and Rescue 265 10. 1...been my privilege to travel fairly widely, and to cave in richly diverse areas. Yet each time I travel
Report (volume)
cientlfica Circular Classe classification Company, County Collections Committee Communications Comparative...Urbana, 111. Indiana Academy of Science Proceedings vols. 55, 56. Indianapolis, Ind. Indiana Department...Abstracts nos. 5, 6. Bethlehem, Pa. Los Angeles County Museum: Publications nos. 4-7; Quarterly vol. 6...Rombough. 1. Drainage of upper Twin Lake, Fresno County, Calif, [abstract]: Geol. Soc. America Bull., vol...of glacial Lake Agassiz near Mountain, Pembina County, N. Dak.: North Dakota Geol. Survey Ground Water
Report (issue)
Cottonwood Cave 24 Slaughter Canyon caves 25 McKittrick Hill caves 25 CAVE METEOROLOGY 25 CAVE GEOMORPHOLOGY...Passage forms 31 Karren forms 31 CAVE HYDROLOGY 32 DESCRIPTION OF CAVE DEPOSITS CLASTIC DEPOSITS 33 Breakdown...55 BAT GUANO 56 ANIMAL BONES 57 STRATIGRAPHY OF CAVE DEPOSITS 57 STRATIGRAPHIC PROBLEMS 57 STRATIGRAPHIC...Fractionation processes 61 Sulfur-isotope values of cave gypsum and sulfur 62 Sulfur-isotope values of pyrite...values of spar 63 Carbon—oxygen-isotope values of cave rafts 64 Carbon—oxygen-isotope values of speleothem
Report (volume)
anonymous papers, placed at the end of Part I Co. county cos. · counties CORPORATE AUTHORS. Am G American...04c, 05b, 07 Alabamornis: A'lei, 06: Lucas, 08 Alabaster, Tecali, .Mexico: Barcena, 748 Aladdin folio (no...Diphyphyllum: Sherzer, 89 Duncanella, Silurian, Indiana: Nicholson, 74f D'Orbigny's types figured: Boule...78b Hindeastraea, Cretaceous: White (C A)~ 88f Indiana, Cincinnati series: Cumings, 08 Franklin Co.: Moore...88a Silurian, Kentucky: Foerste, 06, 09; Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky: Foerste, 09 Sphaerolites, Dalhousie
Report (volume)
Proceedings, vols. 8 and 9. Davenport, Iowa. Delaware County Institute of Science: Proceedings, vol. 1, no....Atlanta, Ga. Greene (George K.), Contribution to Indiana Paleontology, pts. 6-20. New Albany, Ind. Hamilton...111. ' . Indiana Academy of Sciences: Proceedings, 1900-1902. Indianapolis, Ind.. . Indiana, Department...Geological Survey: Eocene; Miocene; Garrett County; Cecil County; and vols. 4 and 5. Baltimore, Md. Mazama:...2 figs., 1900. 2. The physiography of Garrett County [Maryland]. Md. Geol. Surv., Garrett Co., pp. 27-54
 
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