Mineralogical analysis in two caves from the Perşani Mountains

Abstract

After diffractometric X-ray analyses through the powder method, made on sampling tests from two caves in the Perşani Mountains karst, mineral associations made up of calcite, magnesium calcite, aragonite, dolomite, brushite, hydroxylapatite, carbonate-hydroxylapatite, gypsum and α-quartz were emphasized. Tables are presented with the resulting data from the diffractometric analyses, including the computed parameters of the elementary cells of each mineral species

Keywords

• cave minerals
• carbonates
• phosphates
• sulfates
• silicates
• persani mountains