This is a preliminary study on cave minerals of a few limestone caves in Saudi Arabia. Despite the paucity of analyzed samples, 14 different cave minerals have been detected. Among them Palygorskite seems to be rather common in the desert caves and in one of them (B31 Cave) there is perhaps the best display of this minerai inside a natural cavity. The same cave also hosts a deposit of sideronatrite, which has been herewith repOlied for the first time as a cave mineraI. Finally Murubbeh cave, a supposed thennal cave, hosts large calcite clystals and widespread cave rafts together with two uncommon organic compounds (wedellite and whewellite).

Cave minerals of some limestone caves of Saudi Arabia / Forti, P.; Galli, Ermanno; Rossi, Antonio; Pint, J.; Pint, S.. - STAMPA. - 1:(2008), pp. 134-138. (Intervento presentato al convegno 14th International Congress of Speleology tenutosi a Athens - Kalamos nel 21-28 AUG 2005).

Cave minerals of some limestone caves of Saudi Arabia

GALLI, Ermanno;ROSSI, Antonio;
2008

Abstract

This is a preliminary study on cave minerals of a few limestone caves in Saudi Arabia. Despite the paucity of analyzed samples, 14 different cave minerals have been detected. Among them Palygorskite seems to be rather common in the desert caves and in one of them (B31 Cave) there is perhaps the best display of this minerai inside a natural cavity. The same cave also hosts a deposit of sideronatrite, which has been herewith repOlied for the first time as a cave mineraI. Finally Murubbeh cave, a supposed thennal cave, hosts large calcite clystals and widespread cave rafts together with two uncommon organic compounds (wedellite and whewellite).
2008
14th International Congress of Speleology
Athens - Kalamos
21-28 AUG 2005
1
134
138
Forti, P.; Galli, Ermanno; Rossi, Antonio; Pint, J.; Pint, S.
Cave minerals of some limestone caves of Saudi Arabia / Forti, P.; Galli, Ermanno; Rossi, Antonio; Pint, J.; Pint, S.. - STAMPA. - 1:(2008), pp. 134-138. (Intervento presentato al convegno 14th International Congress of Speleology tenutosi a Athens - Kalamos nel 21-28 AUG 2005).
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