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Epsomite from
Mammoth Cave, Mammoth Cave National Park, Edmonson County, Kentucky, USA


Locality type:Cave
Classification
Species:Epsomite
Formula:MgSO4 · 7H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Epsomite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Mammoth Cave, Mammoth Cave National Park, Edmonson County, Kentucky, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:285800
Long-form Identifier:1:3:285800:5
GUID (UUID V4):70acba0b-9e78-4f91-9638-0983ee525e44
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Kentucky Caves JAMES C. CURRENS Kentucky Geological Survey Lexington, Kentucky 40506 Nature's Mineral...Elliott Large cave passage typical of the extensive cave system in Mammoth Cave National Park. The extensive...extensive light in exploring cave system in Kentucky annually attracts the state's eerie labyrinth of subterranean...miles of mapped cave passages, more than any other state in the nation. The Flint-Mammoth Cave System in Mammoth...Mammoth Cave National Park is the largest cave in the world, w i t h over 225 miles mapped. T w o other
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MINERALS KENTUCKY DENNIS COSKREN 849 L y n n Drive Lexington, Kentucky 40504 T o those interested in...Green River and also Buck Creek, both in Lincoln County near Halls Gap, are traditionally good places to... Left: Calcite scalenohedrons from Danville, Kentucky. Right: Fluorite on sphalerite from Danville,...Middle F o r k of Station Camp Creek in Estill County. More geode information will be found in another...wouldn't give more precise information than the county o f origin, but similar specimens are known from
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
5H2O] and syngenite [K2Ca(SO4 )2 H2O] from Tausoare Cave, Rodnei Mts, Romania B. P. ONAC1,2,*, W. B. WHITE3...State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA ABSTR ACT Tausoare Cave is renowned in Romania for its...prismatic crystals which comprise the delicate ‘cave flowers’. The mineral association was characterized...leonite and konyaite have never been reported in a cave environment. This paper describes the mineralogy...konyaite, syngenite, cave minerals, Tausoare Cave, Romania. Introduction TAUSOARE Cave is located in the
Report (issue)
Epsomite MgSO4 • 7H2 O c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Orthorhombic. Point...Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. In the USA, large masses in Mammoth Cave, Kentucky; at the Mt. Princeton hot spring...Gavetti, G. Ivaldi, and M. Rubbo (1984) Synthetic epsomite, MgSO4 .7H2 O: absolute configuration and surface
Book (edition)
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.
Report (issue)
halite, trona, glauberite, aphthitalite, blödite, epsomite. Distribution: Only a few prominent localities...and at Chuquicamata, Antofagasta, Chile. In the USA, at Soda Lake, San Luis Obispo Co., and in Searles...Lakes, Albany Co., Wyoming; in Mammoth Cave, southwest central Kentucky. Name: From the Latin sal mirable
Book (edition)
White The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States David C. Culver American University...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
Report (issue)
El Capitan, Guadalupe Mountains National Park. Photo National Park Service. iv Contents PREFACE 9...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
Book
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
Book (edition)
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.,
Book
Group on Cave and Karst Protection Alexander Klimchouk, Institute of Geological Sciences, National Academy...the 100 m deep “Lost World” entrance to Mangapu Cave, Waitomo, New Zealand. (Photo by John Gunn) Stalactites...and stalagmites in “Castle Grotto”, Hollow Hill Cave, Waitomo, New Zealand. (Photo by John Gunn) A fine...(Photo by John Gunn) Classic hand silhouettes in the cave of Ujung Bulo in Sulawesi, Indonesia. (Photo by...(continent, country, region, or individual site or cave) reflecting the Advisory Board’s opinions as to
Book (edition)
Techniques, pleasures, and safeg;uards of modern cave exploration William R. Halliday, M.D. Former Director...organized, and begun to publish newsletters within the National Speleological Society. The result has been success...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
Book (edition)
~ ele Or WHITMAN COLLEGE LIBRARY GEOLOGY OF NATIONAL PARKS PENROSE MEMORIAL LIBRARY Whitman College...Class of 1957 25th ~ Reunion Fund GEOLOGY OF NATIONAL PARKS Third Edition Ann G. Harris Youngstown...eastern tip of Anacapa Islands in Channel Islands National Park, California. The bedrock is volcanic. Photograph...Photograph courtesy Channel Islands National Park Collection. The drawings by Genevieve Shimer on pages 1...475, and 497 are maps of the national parks from A Guide to the National Parks—Their Landscape and Geology
Report (volume)
Bulletin, nos. 19, 21. Hartford, Conn. Delaware County Institute of Science: Proceedings, vol. 6, nos...Pa. Journal of Geology, vol. 20. Chicago, HI. Kentucky Geological Survey: Report on Progress of Survey...Mines, 2d ser., vols. 10, 11. Jefferson City, Mo. National Geographic Magazine, vol. 23. Washington, D. C...United States for 1911. Washington, D. C. U. S. National Museum: Proceedings, vol. 41, pp. 413-719, vol...Olympia, Wash. West Virginia Geological Survey: County reports Doddridge-and Harrison counties. Morgantown
Book (edition)
Minor time divisions are not included except for national parks where the terms significance. Adapted from...President, Director of National Book Program Alfred C. Grisanti Assistant Director of National Book Program Paul...Contents Preface xi Acknowledgments xiii U.S. National Parks Location Map xiv Part | ScENERY DEVELOPED...The Geologic View of Time 5 1. Grand Canyon National Park Geologic Features 10 Box 1.1 How Rocks Are...CLASSIFIED Geologic History 5. Canyonlands National Park 7 13 19 Box 1.2 AN OUTLINE OF THE GEOLOGIC
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
left). Calcite, 5.5 cm high, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen, Jeff Scovil photo. Figure...(above). Fluorite, 13.1 cm wide, Elmwood mine, Smith County. Francis Benjamin specimen, Jeff Scovil photo....Smith County. Terry Huizing specimen and photo. Figure 4 (right). Cumberland mine, Smith County. Travis...nitrates extracted from cave earths to make saltpeter, at Nicojack Cave in Marion County, then nitromagnesite...zugshunstite-(Ce) were discovered at Alum Bluff Cave in Sevier County (Coskren and Lauf 2000). The following index
Book
North Morton Street Bloomington, Indiana 47404-3797 USA iupress.indiana.edu Telephone orders 800-842-6796...meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of...1 What Is a Cave? 2 Formation of Indiana Caves 3 Cave Deposits and Cave Minerals 8 Cave Climate 13 The...The Cave Fauna of Indiana (by Julian J. Lewis and Salisa L. Lewis) 15 Bedrock of the Southern Indiana...Indiana Cave Areas 24 Karst Features 27 Three Examples of Karst Features and Subterranean Drainage 41 Karst
Journal (issue)
Oliver Cumaungs Farrington. LONG ISLAND, PHILLIPS COUNTY, KANSAS. MUSEUM NUMBER Me. 420. of this great...one-half mile east of the west line of Phillips County and three miles It is from the neighboring south...metearticle follows: Weinschenk's Island, Phillips County, Kansas, occurrence I Meteorite Studies, May...and the highest yet reported in meteorites. NESS COUNTY, KANSAS. MUSEUM Of this fall the Museum having...silicates of small size. On the whole the Ness County meteorite should probably be classed as a crystalline
Book
be minerals. Microcline, Crystal Peak, Colorado, USA * 12 x 9x 5 om MINERALS: PRODUCTS OF A CHANGING...zeolites. Calcite (septarian nodule), San Juan County, Utah, USA * 18 x 24x Bem 14 | MINERALS: PRODUCTS...first time, back in the 1940s and 1950s, with the National Geographic Society. nickel and so are extremely...Madagascar e(2x23x3em Quartz, Mount Ida, Arkansas, USA ° 14x 15 x 10 cm Corundum, Mozambique * 17 x 11...typical crystal shape. Goethite, Tintic, Utah, USA * 16.5 x 3.5 x 2.5 om Drusy These minerals have
Journal (issue)
DOWN UNDER. PART 2. By John N. Train« .... 124 AN EPSOMITE OCCURRENCE IN THE TINTIC DISTRICT, UT AH. By Fred...····················· 155 SOME MINES OF OXFORD COUNTY, MAINE. By N eil Jorgensen ............ 158 NEWARK............ 1 78 }ADE AND CHRYSOPRASE IN T ULARE COUNTY, CALIF . ........................................AND MINEMU CHIPS FROM THE QUARRY COMING EVENTS NATIONAL SPELEOLOGICAL SOCIETY CONVENTION March 31 • April...spots in Oxford County. Maine. These places are the f avoritr haunts of the Oxford County Mineral and G
Book
-pap Cumberland Caverns Larry E. Matthews National Speleological Society Design and Production by...1989, National Speleological Society, Inc. Published by National Speleological Society, Inc. Cave Avenue...publisher. All inquiries should be addressed to the National Speleological Society. Library of Congress Catalog...asked of me. How does one tell of the thrill of a cave, of the lure that won’t let you rest? How canonespeak...yours when the daylight sight? I told him what a cave was like as well as fwas able, and stuck to truth
Book
Simple pebbles on a beach in Puget Sound, Washington, USA, tell a story. The product of different volcanoes...laid down sea during have been time. In Valley, USA, that were beneath the an earlier era uplifted and...kgs uenecle Meet ial eCni cor _ Odessa Crater, USA. TAMU ter te mel feel ee eae ried to the surface...eee human, lemur, dolphin platypus... woolly. mammoth, i Sac A AE IED acc i lb Ul fishy, salamander...Crawfordsville, Indiana, USA. Teeth marks of a leopard in a hominid skull cap from Swartkrans cave, South Africa
Report (volume)
Lawrence, Kans. Kentucky Academy .o f Science: Transactions, vols. 3, 4. nexington, Ky. Kentucky Geological...Augusta, M . Maryland Geological Survey: Baltimore County. Baltimore, Md. Meddelelser om Gronland, Bd. 71-76~... 24; Biennial Report. Jefferson City, Mo. I I National Academy of Sciences: ProcE1edings, vols. 15, 16...States, Folio 225. Washington, D. C. United States National M~seum: Reports for 1928-29 and for 1930; Bulletin~...West Virginia Geological Survey: (County Reports) Pocahontas County. Mor· gantown, W. Va. I · Wisconsin
Report (volume)
Bulletins, nos. 10-12. Hartford, Conn. Delaware County Institute of Science: Proceedings, vol. 3, nos... BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICAN GEOLOGY, 1908. 7 Kentucky Geological Survey: Bulletin no. 9; Report on Progress...University of: Bulletin, nos. 46, 50. Missoula, Mont. National Geographic Magazine, vol. 19. Washington, D. C...Mineral Resources for 1907. Washington, D. C. U. S. National Museum: Proceedings, vols. 33-35; Bulletins 50...Development Company's Survey. Charleston, Kanawha County, W. Va., 1907. 28 pp., 4 pis. Gives information
dioptase 96, 97 dipyre 114 epistilbite 124 epsomite 60 erubescite 10 erythrite 70, 73 euchroite 70...suppliers are, in order, the USSR, Canada, and the USA (South Dakota, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, and California)...and massive pyrite is found at Ellenville, Ulster County, New York. This very widespread mineral is to be...calcite and chalcopyrite at Rossie, St Lawrence County, New York. It is found in many other localities...States; it is however, ound at Hollister, Benito County, California. The ompact variety is found at
 
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