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Aragonite from
Great Onyx Cave, Mammoth Cave National Park, Edmonson County, Kentucky, USA


Locality type:Cave
Classification
Species:Aragonite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Aragonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Great Onyx Cave, Mammoth Cave National Park, Edmonson County, Kentucky, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:765681
Long-form Identifier:1:3:765681:1
GUID (UUID V4):a7ba57c8-0871-4e5f-93db-91fe1fb81aea
Nearest other occurrences of Aragonite
4.0km (2.5 miles) Mammoth Cave, Mammoth Cave National Park, Edmonson County, Kentucky, USA
77.7km (48.2 miles) Liter's Quarry (Hanson Aggregates Irvington Quarry), Breckinridge County, Kentucky, USA
References
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ASPECTS OF CALCIUM CARBONATE DEPOSlTION IN GREAT ONYX CAVE, KENTUCKY1 FREDERIC R. SLEGEL State Geotqical...SUMMARY Speleothems of Great Onyx Cave, Kentucky, are composed of calcite, aragonite, and gypsum. Calcite...is present in all carbonate samples, and where aragonite is also present, the speleothem core is always...overlain by a progression of alternating shells of aragonite and calcite, calcite being the outermost carbonate...these specimens before sulfate deposition began. Cave temperature is constant at 12.5"C. The pH-values
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
range. When, in analogous experiments, coralline aragonite was the starting material, the precipitates were...mixture (maximum crystal size of about 7 p) of 70 % aragonite and 30% calcite was also used in the study. The...factor. Since appreciable amounts of aragonite are found in many cave deposits, factors other than temperature...slow diffusion of solutions favor aragonite. If so, layers of aragonite and calcite in speleothems may represent... A large amount of the basic research on the aragonite-calcite problem is related to the economic importance
Book
238 Main Street Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, USA All rights reserved. Except for the quotation of...Best-set Typesetter Ltd., Hong Kong Printed in Great Britain by T.J. Press Limited, Padstow, Cornwall...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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mineral assemblage from Eibengrotte, a small limestone cave near Frankische Sehweiz, Western Germany, is described...monohydrocalcite, hydromagnesite, nesquehonite, dolomite, aragonite and calcite. A biochemical genesis is proposed...limestone cave (Eibengrotte) which includes carbonates t h a t are relatively uncommon within cave environments...Mg4(OI-I)2(COs)a. tI20 ; nesquehonite, MgCOa-H20 ; dolomite; aragonite and calcite and occurs as non-detrital in situ...Broughton, 1971). Evaporation-Aerosol Genesis The cave-mineral assemblage was compared b y Fischbeck and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
online 11 January 2014 Editor: J. Knight Keywords: Aragonite Calcite Efflorescent minerals Hot-spring China...surface. This layered succession is formed of aragonite layers that are formed largely of “fountain dendrites”...extracellular polymeric substances (EPS). Many of the aragonite crystals are hollow due to preferential dissolution...Interpretation of the δ18O(calcite) and δ18O(aragonite) indicates precipitation from water with a temperature...precipitation of the calcite and aragonite as well as the dissolution of the aragonite. Such variations in the
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.
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 (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
Report (volume)
Fatrvtew Valley, and Fourmtle Flat, Churchtll County, Nevada US Atomtc Energy Comm Rept VUF-1001, p...Jr., Szabo, M W Mmeral resources map of Barbour County, Alabama Alabama Geol Survey Map 32, scale about...Stewart, John H Preltmtnary geologic map of Esmeralda County Nevada US Geol Survey Mtneral lnv Fteld Studtes...Jr Geology of the Sterra Blanca area, Hudspeth County, Texas US Geol Survey Prof Paper 479, 131 p, tllus...Corras10nal cave passage enlargement I, p 2-4, 1llus, 1965 Alfors, J T See 1 Cave Cave Notes, v 7,
Report (volume)
sectwn of Paleozotc rocks from Butler County to Stafford County, Kansas Kansas Geol Survey Otl and Gas...wells on a cross section from Barber County, Kansas, to Caddo County, Oklahoma Oklahoma Geol Survey Gutdebook...quadrangle, Magoffm, Morgan, and Johnson Counties, Kentucky US Geol Survey Bull 1047-B, p 25-55, Illus, table...Vanatwns m the mfrared spectra of calcite-group and aragonite-group mmerals [abs 1 Geol Soc Amenca Spec Paper...Naval Research Contract Nonr(G)-00048-62 College Park, Md , U mv Maryland Dept Geography, 69 p , tHus
 
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