Mineralogical analyses in Peştera Polovragi (Olteţului Gorges) and Peştera Muierii (Galbenului Gorges), Gorj county

Abstract

Following a series of cave mineralogy researches in Peştera Polovragi and Peştera Muierii, Gorj County, we evidence an association made up of hydroxylapatite, taranakite, calcite and secondarily of quartz and illite and respectively, of hydroxylapatite, brushite, calcite and aragonite, and secondarily of α-quartz and illite

Keywords

• polovragi cave
• oltetului gorges
• muierii cave
• galbenului gorges
• gorj county
• xrd
• mineralogy
• hydroxylapatite
• taranakite
• calcite
• quartz
• illite
• brushite
• aragonite