There are dozens of articles on the speleogenesis of cave pearls and they all sort of sound like the same process, except with some rare exceptions.
My question is, Just because a caver finds a pool of roundish calcite crystals, is it possible that they were formed in some other manner or or somehow a different speleothem from other cave pearls? For example, View the speleothems in the photo below http://api.ning.com/files/tQYZqp-lrY0jCT4AdmaifbN3HvUeDEZAKb6OrpvD4cENEMWKuEunt-9vcA8P1c*B/CavePearl1.jpg?width=737&height=552 Are these identical to your garden-variety type of cave pearl ? If so, it would seem that cave pearls have a subtle variety that is worth examining, if someone has not yet done that. I would like to see a book with just beautiful cave pearls. 3-D images would be nice too. David Locklear --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
