Cave Calcite

Also known as
  • Karst Calcite
Variety of
Calcite
CalciteCa(CO3)

Varieties

Synonyms

  • Karst Calcite

Literature, links & citation

Citations
  1. 1979Rehtijärvi, P., Kinnunen, K.A. (1979) Fluid and mineral inclusions and inclusion zones of cave calcite from Korsnäs Mine, western Finland. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Finland, 51 (1). 75-79 doi:10.17741/bgsf/51.1-2.008DOI: 10.17741/bgsf/51.1-2.008
  2. 1992Gascoyne, M. (1992) Palaeoclimate determination from cave calcite deposits. Quaternary Science Reviews, 11 (6). 609-632 doi:10.1016/0277-3791(92)90074-iDOI: 10.1016/0277-3791(92)90074-i
  3. 2004Žák, Karel, Urban, Jan, Cı́lek, Václav, Hercman, Helena (2004) Cryogenic cave calcite from several Central European caves: age, carbon and oxygen isotopes and a genetic model. Chemical Geology, 206 (1) 119-136 doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2004.01.012DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2004.01.012
  4. 2010Baldini, James U.L. (2010) The geochemistry of cave calcite deposits as a record of past climate. The Sedimentary Record, 8 (2) 4-9 doi:10.2110/sedred.2010.2.4DOI: 10.2110/sedred.2010.2.4
  5. 2013Riechelmann, Dana F.C., Deininger, Michael, Scholz, Denis, Riechelmann, Sylvia, Schröder-Ritzrau, Andrea, Spötl, Christoph, Richter, Detlev K., Mangini, Augusto, Immenhauser, Adrian (2013) Disequilibrium carbon and oxygen isotope fractionation in recent cave calcite: Comparison of cave precipitates and model data. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 103. 232-244 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2012.11.002DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2012.11.002
Cite this entry
@misc{mineral2026,
  author    = {Mineral Index editorial board},
  title     = {Cave Calcite — Mineral Index},
  year      = {2026},
  url       = {https://mineralindex.org/minerals/cave-calcite-42482},
  note      = {Accessed 2026-05-11}
}