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Flower Cave, Big Bend National Park, Brewster County, Texas, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
29° North , 103° West (est.)
Estimate based on other nearby localities or region boundaries.
Margin of Error:
~55km
GRN:
N20W64
Type:
Cave
Köppen climate type:
BWh : Hot deserts climate
Mindat Locality ID:
25841
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:25841:5
GUID (UUID V4):
0


Darapskite occurs as "flowers", crusts, "hair", flowstone and stalactites. Cave is in Santa Elana limestone. Flowers phosphoresce green for approximately 5 seconds after irradiation with short-wave ultraviolet light.

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4 valid minerals.

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Group 3 - Halides
ⓘHalite3.AA.20NaCl
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
ⓘAnhydrite7.AD.30CaSO4
ⓘBassanite7.CD.45Ca(SO4) · 0.5H2O
ⓘDarapskite7.DG.05Na3(SO4)(NO3) · H2O

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ BassaniteCa(SO4) · 0.5H2O
Hⓘ DarapskiteNa3(SO4)(NO3) · H2O
NNitrogen
Nⓘ DarapskiteNa3(SO4)(NO3) · H2O
OOxygen
Oⓘ AnhydriteCaSO4
Oⓘ BassaniteCa(SO4) · 0.5H2O
Oⓘ DarapskiteNa3(SO4)(NO3) · H2O
NaSodium
Naⓘ DarapskiteNa3(SO4)(NO3) · H2O
Naⓘ HaliteNaCl
SSulfur
Sⓘ AnhydriteCaSO4
Sⓘ BassaniteCa(SO4) · 0.5H2O
Sⓘ DarapskiteNa3(SO4)(NO3) · H2O
ClChlorine
Clⓘ HaliteNaCl
CaCalcium
Caⓘ AnhydriteCaSO4
Caⓘ BassaniteCa(SO4) · 0.5H2O

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References

Rocks & Minerals: 66(3): 196-224.
Hill, Carol A., Ewing, Rodney C. (1977) Darapskite, Na3(NO3)(SO4)H2O, a new occurrence, in Texas. Mineralogical Magazine, 41 (320) 548-550 doi:10.1180/minmag.1977.041.320.26
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