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Gypsum from
Crystal Cave, Mammoth Cave National Park, Edmonson County, Kentucky, USA


Locality type:Cave
Classification
Species:Gypsum
Formula:CaSO4 · 2H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Gypsum data
Locality Data:Click here to view Crystal Cave, Mammoth Cave National Park, Edmonson County, Kentucky, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:753030
Long-form Identifier:1:3:753030:2
GUID (UUID V4):6d01e52b-a6a8-4045-b388-06d9c03f4461
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Report (issue)
.................................... 12 NCKRI National Seed Grants................................................................................. 23 Cave and Karst Studies at NMT..........................Lab......................................... 24 Cave and Karst Research Fellowships for NMT Undergraduates............... 27 National Park Service - NCKRI Liaison Program.............. 28 Cave and Karst Resources.................................. 29 Timpanogos National Monument Resource Stewardship Strategy.......
Report (issue)
Introduction 1 Possible cave damage from highway construction 5 Possible cave damage from machinery operation...operation 14 Cave features in relaticin to human activities 19 Deformational features 19 Mineral... Illustrations PageFigure 1. Index map of Mammoth Cave National Park area, sho:•ring approximate alignments...of deformational features in caves of Mammoth Cave National Park. 21 Tables Table 1 Engineerin properticp...properticp, of selected rocks from Mammoth Cave National Park. 2 Some earthquakes that produced effects
Book (edition)
chapters entitled Gypsum Caves, Krubera (Voronja) Cave, and Ukranian Giant Gypsum Caves. Copyright ©...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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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
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...Sand and silt 37 Calcified siltstone 41 Mud 42 GYPSUM BLOCKS AND RINDS 42 Spatial distribution 43 Textural...55 BAT GUANO 56 ANIMAL BONES 57 STRATIGRAPHY OF CAVE DEPOSITS 57 STRATIGRAPHIC PROBLEMS 57 STRATIGRAPHIC
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This paper meets the requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence of Paper for Printed Library...more than 6,200 recorded caves; and To the show cave developers of Missouri, who have made it possible...underground and enjoy the won¬ ders and curiosities of the Cave State. \ ^* i. r♦ • t «■ I; %* Ji i * I ...77 13. Show Caves 84 X Contents 14. Cave Men and Cave Women.96 15. Changing Attitudes .108 16...The Mystique of Caves.119 Appendix: The Twelve Cave Regions of Missouri .125 For More Reading .143 Index
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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...photographs that grace the pages of this book. To the National Park Service, special thanks for the use of photos...the most incredible of all cave formations in the United States. The National Speleological Society graciously...more than 100 local clubs affiliated with the National Speleological Society (NSS), there has been no...perspective. While some caves are indeed cold, the average cave temperature is about 50° F., and this temperature
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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
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551.4 Gr Graf, Mike. Cave story an underground adventure tBr2 5 19S OCT i»^ "M J-3. j^N Qa ...enthusiasm and knowledge, and letting me stay alone in a cave for the beingalone experience. Paul Bernard not...critique Cave Story and get it to the final version it is in now. Without any of the above. Cave Story would...Report, National Parks He World's Best Places. is currently working Projects, on Park adventure...Chapters 37 Chapter 7 40 Appendix 44 National Park Caves 44 Cave Surveying and Mapping 44 Longest Caves
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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...karst of dolines each about 100 m across in the gypsum karst of Sivas, Turkey. (Photo by Tony Waltham)...(Photo by John Gunn) Classic hand silhouettes in the cave of Ujung Bulo in Sulawesi, Indonesia. (Photo by
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geology, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242, USA Received February 8, 1991; revised version accepted...caves, originating from the dissolution of this gypsum and the subsequent collapse of the domed roofs...Breccias resulting from dissolution of nearsurface gypsum and the subsequent collapse of the overlying carbonate...that also origi- nated from the dissolution of gypsum. The main purposes of this paper are to describe...yield an average thickness of 25 m. South of Ottawa County, the truncation of Sil- E.H. CARLSON FINDLAY
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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.,
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
Guides Book Co. 315 Cloverleaf Drive, Suite F Baldwin Park, CA 91706 Copyright © 2004 Gem Guides Book Co....dieop.4poecgeqnnnctteen--Crystal ceen I rading Co,—Quartz Crystals, x55. 4..0cs...Quartz Crystal Mine—Quartz Crystals.............cccccsscssesscessesseeeeens 38 Site 6 Weener Crystal Mines...Wilms —Ouarty Crystal ec Site Crystals .........:csseseeseesees Al Mine—Quartz Crystal and Shop Rock...cps aAbe 0sceusbans 43 Crater ol Diamonds State Park—Diamonds ......0.0..0.-sssdenuyonsSWsostonsudeaetengs
Journal (issue)
| New York, NY 10065 | www.mardaninyc.com CRYSTAL CLASSICS Tsumeb Specialists FINEThe MINERALS LIMITED...orders@crystalclassics.co.uk | +44(0)1935 862673 Crystal Classics Fine Minerals Ltd. No. 1, The Old Coach...Tucson USA Visit us at these international shows: Houston Ste. Marie Denver Munich USA France USA Germany...and Riverpark Inn Rhodochrosite, Sweet Home Mine, USA, 10 cm Photo: Malte Sickinger MARCUS BUDIL Monaco...Springs in Cherokee County, Kansas; and Commerce, Cardin, Douthit and Picher in Ottawa County, Oklahoma. 181
Journal (issue)
KRISTALLE Est.1971 Laguna Beach, California, USA • Tel: +1 949 494 5155 • Email: info@kristalle.com......209 by W. E. Wilson The Crystal Cave, South Bass Island, Ottawa County, Ohio.................263 by...only): $139/one year (Canada) $231/one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $325 for one year Subscription...Regular Collectors Society ( JURCS) (2020–2023) The Crystal Gazers (2022) Funding dedicated to supporting...York at Stony Brook where he studied the role of crystal surface structure on trace element incorporation
Report (volume)
....................................... 135 Kentucky.................................................Survey, the Bureau of Mines, and the United States National Museum, and the efficient cooperation of Mr. Frank...See Bauxite and Halloysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities : Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20 S., R. 7 E.;
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
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Studies of Cave Sediments Physical and Chemical Records of Paleoclimate Studies of Cave Sediments Physical...of Akron, Ohio, USA and John Mylroie Mississippi State University, Mississippi, USA o) Springer AC...Insert photo: Stalactites in Poor Farm Cave, Pocohantas County, West Virginia. Photo by Ira D. Sasowsky...oldest records of modern human culture are the vivid cave paintings from southern France and northern Spain...drawn to and mortified by caves. Written records of cave exploration exist from as early as 852 BC (Shaw
Book (edition)
Studies of Cave Sediments Physical and Chemical Records of Paleoclimate Studies of Cave Sediments Physical...oldest records of modem human culture are the vivid cave paintings from southern France and northern Spain...drawn to and mortified by caves. Written records of cave exploration exist from as early as 852 BC (Shaw...the entrapment of Floyd Collins in Sand Cave, Kentucky, USA . This was surpassed only by Lindbergh's...across the Atlantic (Murray and Brucker, 1979). Cave science also has a long history , with many accounts
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~ 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
Book
This book provides a basic introduction to the crystal structure of minerals, as well as illustrations...do Sul, Brazil * 12.5 x 10 x 10.5 em Page 252: Gypsum rosette, Red River floodway, Winnipeg, Manitoba...crystals are considered to be a mineral called crystal structures. Natural crystals formed by geological...considered to be minerals. Microcline, Crystal Peak, Colorado, USA * 12 x 9x 5 om MINERALS: PRODUCTS OF...compositions and crystal structures. Each unique combination of elements and crystal structure is called
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location a~ included at the end of each entry. Adair County Chariton River (40-04-05N 92-4 I -23W). septarian...septarian concretions about 2 miles north of the Macon county line. CALCITE crystals enclosing bundles of acicular...hematite, quartz (Broadhead 1873b, 1877). Audrain County Mexico, in fire clay pits and spoil piles: PYRITE...University Library] at 19:58 29 October 2014 Barton County McKarrow’s coal bank (37-37N 94-28W), 2.5 miles...PICKERINGITE, pyrite, siderite (Broadhead 1873b). Bates County Panther Creek, northwest of Rockville in coal deposits:
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Co\·er photo: \\ 7 ulfenite, Rowley Mine, Maricopa County, 4 cm high specimen, Evan and Melissa Jones Collection...in the petrified wood from Petrified Forest National Park are well known throughout the world. A large...developed mining petrified wood found outside the park and preparing it for decorative use. In 2015, copper...gemandmineralmuseum.arizona.edu) is located in the old Pima County Courthouse building at 115 North Church Avenue...minerals and a reere ed az ri e stope; then into the Crystal Lab and Gem Galleries to see how cry and how to
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
famous Green (Strontian) Island site in Ottawa County (Douglass, 1820, 1821). Although Ohio's minerals...collected at all the sites except for the Bascom, Crystal Cave, Green Island, and Tiffin localities. Ma­ terial...Mineral localities of the Serpent Mound district. KENTUCKY Volume 65, November/December 1990 513 Occurrences...irregular shapes, molds of fossils, molds of gypsum nodules and gypsum crystals, voids in col­ lapse and fault...the selective replacement of bedded or nodular gypsum (Carlson, 1987). The Findlay Arch mineral district
 
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