- This one is from Kristen Glassner
from Fillmore Middle School in Fillmore, New York.
What is the mineral composition of a cave?
We have learned about calcite and chemical weathering,
is there calcite in this cave?
- Yes, so part of the formation here is dolomite,
which is a calcium carbonate formed with magnesium,
but most of the cave is also limestone,
which has calcium.
There are some formations that a form of aragonite,
and you can also have gypsum in caves.
So there are different kind of minerals
that you can find in caves.
In here, a lot of the speleothems are calcite.