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Brushite from
Cioclovina cave, Boșorod, Hunedoara County, Romania


Locality type:Cave
Classification
Species:Brushite
Formula:Ca(PO3OH) · 2H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Brushite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Cioclovina cave, Boșorod, Hunedoara County, Romania
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:613616
Long-form Identifier:1:3:613616:1
GUID (UUID V4):72412dd8-0e6b-4dc3-a2e4-25ba41a8802f
Nearest other occurrences of Brushite
65.4km (40.6 miles) Polovragi cave, Polovragi, Gorj County, Romania
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
the type locality, the “dry” Cioclovina Cave (Şureanu Mountains, Romania) 3 DELIA-GEORGETA DUMITRAŞ*...the type locality, the “dry” Cioclovina Cave, Şureanu Mountains, Romania, was re-examined in order to...calcium acid phosphate sulfate. Ardealite from Cioclovina has a S/P ratio ranging between 1/0.87 and 1/0...250 °C. The first thermal breakdown products are brushite and bassanite. The band multiplicity on the IR-absorption...calcium carbonate from the moonmilk flows or the cave floor and phosphoric solutions derived from bat guano
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2009 Authigenic burbankite in the Cioclovina Cave sediments (Romania) BOGDAN P. ONAC1,2,*, HEINZ-JÜRGEN...Institute of Speleology, Clinicilor 5, 400006 Cluj, Romania *Corresponding author, e-mail: bonac@cas.usf.edu...lacustrine-like sediment sequence in the Cioclovina Cave, Romania. From this occurrence, foggite, churchite-(Y)...churchite-(Y) and colourless or milky-white needle-like brushite and gypsum were also documented. The empirical...and d18O values for Cioclovina burbankite compare to other low-temperature cave carbonates, and thus
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2004 Brushite in the bat guano deposit from the “dry” Cioclovina Cave (Sureanu Mountains, Romania) Delia-Georgeta...(2004): Brushite in the bat guano deposit from the “dry” Cioclovina Cave (Sureanu Mountains, Romania). –...information on brushite from the famous bat guano deposit from the “dry” Cioclovina Cave (Sureanu Mountains...Mountains, Romania). The mineral occurs as snow-white earthy masses generally associated with hydroxylapatite...ardealite and crandallite, in the guano mass from the cave. Individual crystals do not exceed 10 mm in length
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GUANO DEPOSIT FROM THE “DRY” CIOCLOVINA CAVE, SUREANU ˛ MOUNTAINS, ROMANIA Delia-Georgeta DUMITRAŞ and...Geological Institute of Romania, 1 Caransebeş Street, Bucharest, RO–012271 Romania Essaïd BILAL Département...guano in the “dry” Cioclovina Cave, Şureanu Mountains, South Carpathians, Romania. Initial deposits,...1000°C is sulfate-bearing. The authigenesis of the Cioclovina apatite-(CaOH) involved a reaction between calcium...moonmilk flows or the cave floor and phosphoric solutions derived from guano, with brushite or an X-ray amorphous
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
occurrence of taranakite in the “dry” Cioclovina Cave (Sureanu Mountains, Romania) Ştefan Marincea and Delia-Georgeta...occurrence of taranakite in the “dry” Cioclovina Cave (Sureanu Mountains, Romania). – N. Jb. Miner. Mh. 2003 (3):...the “dry” Cioclovina Cave, which is the second documented occurrence of this mineral in Romania. The mineral...presence of (H2PO4) – groups. Taranakite from Cioclovina is authigenic and crystallized through the in...to the study of taranakite from the “dry” Cioclovina Cave, is the first arising from a more detailed
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
H2O and churchite-(Y), YPO4  2H2O in Cioclovina Cave, Romania B. P. Onac1; , K. Ettinger2, J. Kearns3...‘‘Emil Racovit° ă’’ Institute of Speleology, Cluj, Romania 2 Institute of Mineralogy and Petrology, Karl-Franzens-University...Technology Department, University of Cluj, Cluj, Romania Received June 10, 2005; revised version accepted...guano-related phosphate deposit from the Cioclovina Cave, Romania. Optical microscope observations, powder...009]P1.023O4.00  2H2O. Chemical analyses of Cioclovina churchite-(Y) clearly revealed enrichment in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Re-examination of berlinite (AlPO4) from the Cioclovina Cave, Romania Bogdan P. Onac1,2,* and Herta S. Effenberger3...University/Speleological Institute, Clinicilor 5, 400006 Cluj, Romania 3 Institut für Mineralogie und Kristallographie...established. Consequently, the sample from Cioclovina Cave is verified as AlPO4 (modification berlinite)...heating process. Keywords: Berlinite, Cioclovina Cave, Romania, cave minerals Introduction Berlinite, AlPO4...phosphate-bearing minerals from the Cioclovina Cave, Sureanu Mountains, Romania. The cave is well known for hosting
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(AlPO4) in phosphate-bearing sediments from Cioclovina Cave, Romania—Comment ȘTEFAN MARINCEA* AND DELIA-GEORGETA...Geological Institute of Romania, 1 Caransebeș Street, RO-012271, Bucharest, Romania ABSTRACT In a recent...and churchite, from the Bivouac Room, Cioclovina Cave, Romania. Our analyses of materials collected from...samples collected from the bat guano deposit at Cioclovina, many possible sources of confusion can occur...consider that the occurrence of berlinite at Cioclovina, as well as the occurrence of other exotic species
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
488 Stuttgart, Oktober 2004 Hydroxylapatite, brushite and ardealite in the bat guano deposit from Peştera...Peştera Mare de la Mereşti, Perşani Mountains, Romania Ştefan Marincea, Delia-Georgeta Dumitraş, Gabriel...Diaconu, G. & Bilal, E. (2004): Hydroxylapatite, brushite and ardealite in the bat guano deposit from Peştera...Peştera Mare de la Mereşti, Perşani Mountains, Romania. – N. Jb. Miner. Mh. 2004 (10): 464 – 488; Stuttgart...Mereşti Cave, Perşani Mountains, Romania. Ca-phosphates (i. e., hydroxylapatite, brushite and ardealite)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
157-164 Tinsleyite in the “dry” Cioclovina Cave (Sureanu Mountains, Romania): the second occurrence STEFAN...Geological Institute of Romania, 1 Caransebes Str., RO-78344, Bucharest, Romania 2 DŽpartement Physico-Chimie...“dry” Cioclovina Cave, Sureanu Mountains, Romania. This is the first mention of tinsleyite as a cave mineral...diagenetic mineral, in the bat guano deposits in this cave. Low (alpha) quartz is the only closely associated...of the PO4 groups is Cs. Key-words: tinsleyite, cave mineral, crystal chemistry, physical properties
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1927–1931, 2006 Hydroxylellestadite from Cioclovina Cave (Romania): Microanalytical, structural, and vibrational...University/Speleological Institute, Clinicilor 5, 400006 Cluj, Romania 3 Institute of Mineralogy and Crystallography,...Cluj, Romania ABSTRACT Electron-microprobe analyses of hydroxylellestadite from the Cioclovina Cave (Romania)...thermal process affected a restricted area within the cave. Hydroxylellestadite is associated with berlinite...britholite group, bat guano combustion, cave minerals, Cioclovina Cave, Romania INTRODUCTION Substantial deposits
Report (issue)
clayey masses, generally intimately intermixed with brushite and gypsum. Physical Properties: Hardness = n...c = 6.250(4) X-ray Powder Pattern: La Guangola Cave, Italy. 7.73 (100), 3.08 (55), 3.87 (36), 1.810...06 100.00 (1) Cioclovina Cave, Romania; H2 O by the Penfield method. (2) La Guangola Cave, Italy; average...breakdown of bat guano, in reaction Association: Brushite, gypsum, carbonate-hydroxylapatite, newberyite...Distribution: From the Cioclovina Cave, Transylvania, Romania. In Italy, in the La Guangola Cave, near Altamura
Book
Cave and Karst Systems of the World Gheorghe M. L. Ponta Bogdan P. Onac Editors Cave and Karst Systems...Systems of Romania Cave and Karst Systems of the World Series editor James W. LaMoreaux, Tuscaloosa, USA...L. Ponta Bogdan P. Onac Editors Cave and Karst Systems of Romania 123 Editors Gheorghe M. L. Ponta...Romanian Academy Cluj-Napoca Romania ISSN 2364-4591 ISSN 2364-4605 (electronic) Cave and Karst Systems of the...investigated the endlessly fascinating karst and cave world of Romania Foreword Limestones make up 4400 km2
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(AlPO4) in phosphate-bearing sediments from Cioclovina Cave, Romania BOGDAN P. ONAC1,* AND WILLIAM B. WHITE2...Institute of Speleology, Clinicilor 5, 3400 Cluj, Romania Materials Research Institute and Department of... phosphate-rich sediments within the Cioclovina Cave in Romania. The X-ray powder diffraction pattern...pattern and the hexagonal unit-cell of the Cioclovina berlinite specimen compare well with other published...highly unusual cave setting (Cioclovina Cave, Romania). SITE DESCRIPTION Cioclovina Cave is situated in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in Pleistocene-Holocene Sediments from Denisova Cave: Formation Mechanisms and Archaeological Implications...in Pleistocene-Holocene Sediments from Denisova Cave: Formation Mechanisms and Archaeological Implications...the sedimentary sequence of prehistoric Denisova Cave (Altai, South Siberia) has important archeological...sedimentary sequence in the East Chamber of the cave consists of argilosandy-phosphatic sediments intercalated...layers record at least three prolonged episodes of cave occupation by colonies of insectivorous bats between
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Stability of cave phosphates: Case study from Liliecilor Cave (Trascău Mountains, Romania) Cristina M...infilling, fallen limestone blocks, and sediment in a cave that hosts a bat colony; thirteen of these were...phosphate assemblage is composed of hydroxylapatite, brushite, ardealite, taranakite, monetite and whitlockite...g., brushite and taranakite) cluster around relatively well defined boundaries. Key words: cave sediments...sediments, bat guano, cave phosphates, Trascău Mountains, Romania Introduction The importance of organic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN ROMANIA: WHAT’S NEW? UDUBAŞA, G. Geological Institute of Romania, Caransebeş Street...Bucharest-32, Romania. E-mail: udubasa@igr.ro To date some 900 mineral species are known in Romania, much more...Table “Sacred monsters” of mineral occurrences in Romania (1 to 8 acc. to UDUBASA, 1994). 1. Săcărâmb /...2000; ONAC et al., in press). Cioclovina Cave: TL of ardealite; also brushite, crandallite, tinsleyite, etc
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pages 368–373, 2011 Thermal decomposition of brushite, CaHPO4·2H2O to monetite CaHPO4 and the formation...Buffalo, New York 14260-3050, U.S.A. AbstRAct Brushite, CaHPO4∙2H2O, is a layered structure in which...together by water molecules via hydrogen bonds. Brushite loses its water molecules in two steps when heated...conversion temperature is about 220 °C, although brushite can convert to monetite at lower temperatures...amorphous phase forms due to non-linear dehydration of brushite. The amorphous phase is hydrated and can be regarded
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineral first describedby Schadler (1932) from Cioclovina cave, Transylvania. This original material is found...in closeassociationwith gypsum, CaSOn.2H2O,and brushite, CaHPOn. 2H2O.Recently,one of the authors(T. Sakae)found...betweenbrushiteand gypsum.In the crystalstructuresof brushite(Jonesand Smith, 1962) and gypsumlAtoji and Rundle...X-ray powder diffraction patternsof ardealite, brushite,and gypsumareconsiderablydifferentfrom eachother...isostructuralrelation becauseof the different spacegroups:/a for brushite and I2/a for gypsum. Recent X-ray and neutrondiffraction
Book
Udubaşa (1938, Ocnele Mari, Romania) Director of the Geological Institute of Romania, Bucharest; President...President of the Mineralogical Society of Romania; Member of the Commission for New Minerals and Mineral Names...and about 100 articles - one-third outside of Romania. Rudolf Duda (1944, Vojany, Slovakia) Head of the...Hungary (Sándor Szakáll) Poland (Ewa Kos/.owska) Romania (Gheorghe Udubasa) Slovakia (Rudolf Duda) Ukraine...Hungary (Sándor Szakáll), Poland (Ewa Kos/.owska). Romania (Gheorghe Udubasa), Slovakia (Rudolf Duda). Ukraine
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eum. Kosice. SLK; GIR = Geological Institute of Romania, Bucharest, ROM; GM= Gold Museum, Brad, ROM : GYV...data. Bogdan Marinescu (Geological lnstilllte of Romania): Necolai Terteleac (De. ign-Art-Foto. Bucharest):...Gheorghe llinca. Mihai Tatu (Geological lnstillltc of Romania, Bucharest): Marian Lupule cu (Univcr. ity of Bucharc...OrJw111.a) ROM Ba,a Spric (Fclsob:in1•a) ROi\t Cioclovina cave ROJ\1 l\tacura mctcontc SLK i\toldo, a Nou:l...of Common Geographical Names English adi1 brook cave high, height hill lake lillle, small low, lower
Book (edition)
Ricardo Jose Sureda (Argentina). Ghcorgc Udubasa (Romania). Giovanna Veualini (ltaly). Karen L. Webber (USA)...Quadrangle, Green River Formations, near Dragon, Uintah County. Utah, USA. 63. 930-937, Science 223, 1075-1076..., Poudrene quany, Moni Saint-Hilaire, Rouville County, Quebec, Canada. New Mins. (1997), CM32, 843-854...about 47 miles southwest of Green River, Emery County, Utah, USA, 41. 82-90, 49, 1578-1602 (str.) Aulunite...Pouelrette quarry. Moni Saint-llilairc. RoU\,ille County, Qu bec. Canada. CM 38, 1457-1 (ind. str.) □
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abbreviations: Rep. (republic), prov. (province), co. (county), munic. (municipio), pref. (prefecture), dept...Uintah County. Utah. and m (2.B. acanthite group). Monoclinic, C2/m, a,b,c Rio Blanco County. Colorado...Plat., Malawi, G 10 17 River Formation in Uintah County, Utah. Deer et al., v. 2A,483, 1997. Aenigmatite...phonolites, rhyolites, and their lavas in Sonoma County, California, in the Picture Gorge basalt, Wheeler...de Arie~ and Ro~ia Montana, all Transylvania, Romania. In many Japanese localities, e.g. at the Yakumo
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chapters entitled Gypsum Caves, Krubera (Voronja) Cave, and Ukranian Giant Gypsum Caves. Copyright © 2005...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....Keith D. Wheeland Dinaric Karst, Diversity in Cave, Definition of Adaptation to Low Oxygen 77 Derek
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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.,...Caves-Underwater Explur.1tion Techniques 310 Jewel Cave, South Dakota fill H<'illt?rlT: K Exp loration...Tc'<'hniques 31 4 l1~11 rk 411 Mil;,• Wilt'< Karren. Cave 419 Minl
 
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