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- Most commonly seem as frostwork,
Christmas trees, and
rims.
Calcite
- In Wind Cave, calcite is found in a wide variety of forms. Most
commonly it is found in boxwork.
It is also found as spar, both nailhead and dogtooth, as flowstone,
stalactites, stalagmites, columns, popcorn, tower coral, rafts,
coatings, moonmilk, helictites, helictite
bushes, and draperies.
Endelilite
- there is one unconfirmed reported location for this mineral west
of the Club Room. It is in the
form of a coating.
Goethite
- Found near Seismic Hall, north of the Club
Room, and at the Crown Jewels
in the form of coatings and hoods.
Gypsum
- In Wind Cave, gypsum is found in a variety of forms. It has been
found as crusts, flowers, starbursts,
needles, luster, and cotton.
Hematite
- Found as inclusions in calcite spar and boxwork and occasionally
as individual crystals 1-3 mm. Responsible for the coloration of
the boxwork.
Huntite
- this has been found as moonmilk in Snowdrift
Avenue.
Hydromagnesite
- This is most commonly seen as moonmilk, but we have one, possibly
two balloons in Wind Cave.
Ice
- Ice has been noted around the Natural Entrance area and was seen
in the form of stalagmites, frostwork, and stalactites.
Manganese
- Exists in small quantities as dendrites, and occasionally as a
sediment deposit.
Mirabilite
- Found as a crust of 1 cm long crystals.
Quartz
- Found in several places in the cave. It typically is a crust of
spar crystals over chert or calcite. The Crown
Jewels, Rome, and the Bed of
Nails are a few of the locations. It is also present in the
thin white powdery crusts found in the upper levels of the cave.
Romanechite
- To date this mineral has only been found in one location in Navidad.
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