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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 |
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Plate 9—A—An etched spar crystal protruding from the
wall of the Spar Room, Secondary Stream Passage, Carlsbad Cavern. Photo
Cyndi Mosch Seanor. B—Popcorn line along trail near the Lion's Tail stalactite, Big Room, Carlsbad Cavern. Note that the popcorn covers the wall and speleothems below the line, but not above it. Photo Alan Hill. |
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Plate 10—A—A corroded chalk-white stalactite, Ghost Chambers,
Spider Cave. Note the smooth, corroded nature of the bedrock and that the
stalactite has been corroded completely through its core in one place. Photo
Alan Hill. B—Corrosion of ceiling travertine concordant with the ceiling limestone, Spider Cave. Photo Alan Hill. |
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Plate 11—A—Lemon-yellow stalactites which have grown subsequent
to pronounced corrosion in the Lake of the Clouds-Bell Cord Room area, Carlsbad
Cavern. The dark-brown "punk rock" limestone on which the ruler is resting has
been corroded in the direction of the Lake of the Clouds, whereas the white-crusted
limestone facing in the opposite direction has not been corroded. Photo Alan Hill. B—Frostwork anthodites of aragonite growing on popcorn nodules, Carlsbad Cavern. Photo Cyndi Mosch Seanor. |
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| Plate 12—"The Peppermint Tree," a composite drapery-column, Virgin Cave. Photo Alan Hill. |
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