Preliminary Report on the Mineralogy of Pestera din Valea Rea (Bihor Mountains, Romania)

Authors

Bogdan P. Onac, Institute of Speleology "Emil Racovita"Follow
M. Bengeanu
M. Botez
J. Zih

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1995

Abstract

From a mineralogical point of view, Pestera din Valea Rea presents a great interest. Gypsum is unique in what concerns its type of occurrence and abundance. Gypsum speleothems (flower, crystal, rope, snow, hair, cotton, crust and stalagmite) from Pestera din Valea Rea exhibit features never described before in a Romanian cave. The most typical speleothems are those consisting of gypsum, anhydrite and celestite, yet some may include carbonate minerals (calcite, aragonite, magnesite, hydromagnesite, dolomite, rhodochrosite, malachite) and phosphates (brushite, barrandite, bobierrite, vivianite, wavellite). Quartz, periclase, kaolinite, dickite, nacrite and illite have also been identified in various speleothems.

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Theoretical and Applied Karstology, v. 8, p. 75-80

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Onac, Bogdan P.; Bengeanu, M.; Botez, M.; and Zih, J., "Preliminary Report on the Mineralogy of Pestera din Valea Rea (Bihor Mountains, Romania)" (1995). School of Geosciences Faculty and Staff Publications. 766.
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