Patti Cummings, a member of the Bloomington Indiana Grotto caving group, "They painted it on crystals, too, on quartz crystals," Cummings said.
I'm surprised a grotto member would describe cave formations as quartz crystals, which are generally quite rare in caves. Is there really quartz in Buckner's? I'll bet it was dogtooth spar. Otherwise, that was a good report of catching vandals red-handed. Mark Minton