aragonite

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aragonite and calcite popcorns in "Suttaterra De Su Predargiu's Cave", Mount Oseli, Sardinia.
The picture is a macro, however acicular aragonite covered up the whole walls of the room wich is several meters wide. Quite impressive.

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BazZ

Strange

Voted 10/10

Things are growing in that caves ;)
Thanks for showing

Posted Mar 23, 2007 7:46 pm


	banzai.barbara	Re: Strange
	Hasn't voted	thank YOU for voting all my pics, I'm glad you liked them. I agree with you, strange things grow in caves...it's surprising what water can do! cheers. ;-) b.
		Posted Mar 24, 2007 12:09 pm

donhaller3

The picture is a macro

Voted 10/10

Can you give us a rough idea of the scale?

Posted Apr 23, 2007 7:56 pm


	banzai.barbara	Re: The picture is a macro
	Hasn't voted	I'm afraid I can't remember exactly. Anyways, assuming every needle is big less than an inch, every single bunch of that aragonite formations is 7-8 inches big. Cave walls were covered with that for about 130 ft in lenght and 15-10 ft in height, more or less. I can't calculate but it was beautiful!
		Posted Apr 24, 2007 8:57 am


	donhaller3	Re: The picture is a macro
	Voted 10/10	Thanks, helps me vizualize. Just what I wanted. Keep taking pictures.
		Posted Apr 24, 2007 10:42 am

Dan Dalton

Ohhh....

Voted 10/10

attach this one too! All of you photos are really amazing and high quality. Thanks for sharing!

Dan

Posted Jun 8, 2007 1:43 pm


	banzai.barbara	Re: Ohhh....
	Hasn't voted	thanks for your nice comments. You can check my gallery sometimes and feel free to pic up whatever you like for your album and submissions. more to come soon. cheers. b.
		Posted Jun 8, 2007 3:09 pm

markmay

Super interesting!!

Hasn't voted

Looks like coral polyps or something alive. Very cool...thanks for sharing!

Posted Jun 27, 2007 1:38 am


	banzai.barbara	Re: Super interesting!!
	Hasn't voted	super-thanks! :-) aragonite is pretty much the same as calcite, but cristallyze in a different way. I'm not a former chemist and neither want to bother you with formulas, though :-) :-)
		Posted Jun 27, 2007 4:38 am


	markmay	Re: Super interesting!!
	Hasn't voted	If not "former", are you at present a chemist?
		Posted Jun 27, 2007 11:53 am


	banzai.barbara	Re: Super interesting!!
	Hasn't voted	nope! just a dumb-ass-at-maths... but i love caves and try to understand more about them ;-) (you're right...should i have said I'm not -blablabla- ...a "graduated" chemist?)
		Posted Jun 27, 2007 12:45 pm

lcarreau

Math is a good subject,

Voted 10/10

but it gives me a headache! When I look at your picture with the 'popcorn,' it makes me very hungry for some ... popcorn or pizza! Ciao (again) :) - Larry of the Desert

Posted Mar 18, 2008 8:57 pm


	banzai.barbara	Re: Math is a good subject,
	Hasn't voted	? I can't see the relationship between maths, 'popcorn'and pizza. I guess that's because I'm pretty dumb at maths me too. :) LOL see ya desert man
		Posted Mar 19, 2008 4:24 am