Minerals´tiny secrets
Fascinating "universe" of ancient mineral-forming fluids trapped in tiny vacuoles within a crystal of calcite is waiting for a curious researcher to reveal their secrets. These tiny vacuoles - fluid inclusions preserve information about the temperature and composition of the solution from which the studied mineral precipitated, and much more. This sample belongs to a large (~5 cm) phreatic calcite that covers the walls of a cave in the Veľká Fatra Mts in the Western Carpathians.
Taken on 6
May
2019
Submitted on 15 Mar 2023
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- Europe (3487)
- Eastern Europe (440)
- Slovakia (16)
- Exact location (18.9545 E, 48.9319 N)
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minerals, calcite, laboratory, geochemistry
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Credit: Petronela Ševčíková (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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