Calcite (Inventory)

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The '''Calcite''' section is used to record stations where some form of calcite is found. The type of calcite observed is indicated in various fields and subsections.
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Most speleothems in Guadalupe caves are composed of '''calcite''' or [[Aragonite (Inventory)|Aragonite]], CaCO<sub>3</sub>. These two minerals probably comprise over 95% of all speleothems. In these caves, the carbonate mineralogy is more complex than in most other caves due to the effect of the magnesium ion. This combination makes for a wide variety of speleothem types most of which appear in the calcite section of the inventory form.
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==References==
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*New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources Bulletin 117; Geology of Carlsbad Cavern and other caves in the Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico and Texas; PART II: MINERALOGY; CARBONATES http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/geology/publications/state/nm/1987-117/sec1-2.htm
==Fields and subsections==
==Fields and subsections==

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Most speleothems in Guadalupe caves are composed of calcite or Aragonite, CaCO3. These two minerals probably comprise over 95% of all speleothems. In these caves, the carbonate mineralogy is more complex than in most other caves due to the effect of the magnesium ion. This combination makes for a wide variety of speleothem types most of which appear in the calcite section of the inventory form.

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Fields and subsections


Calcite (Inventory) is a part of the cave inventory project.
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