Deer Lick Cave is an outcrop located west of the city of Brecksville, Cuyahoga County. It is actually a misnomer as it isn’t a true cave at all, but rather an overhang exposure of the Berea Sandstone.

A study done on the efflorescence of mineral species in Northeastern Ohio was done by H.E. Connors (1974). A sample was taken at the site and the sample proved to be minor calcite.

Deer Lick Cave is in the Brecksville Reservation, itself part of the Cleveland Metroparks.

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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

Mineral List

ⓘ Calcite

1 valid mineral.

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Calcite

Formula: CaCO₃

References:

Carlson, Ernest H. (2015) Minerals of Ohio. Bulletin 69 (2nd ed.) Ohio Division of Geological Survey

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
ⓘ	Calcite	5.AB.05	CaCO₃

List of minerals for each chemical element

C	Carbon
C	ⓘ Calcite	CaCO₃
O	Oxygen
O	ⓘ Calcite	CaCO₃
Ca	Calcium
Ca	ⓘ Calcite	CaCO₃

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References

Connors, H.E. (1974) Thenardite and other efflorescence in Northeastern Ohio: The Compass of Sigma Gamma Epsilon: 51(2): 38.

Carlson, Ernest H. (1991) Minerals of Ohio. Bulletin 69 (1st ed.) Ohio Division of Geological Surveyp.89

Carlson, Ernest H. (2015) Minerals of Ohio. Bulletin 69 (2nd ed.) Ohio Division of Geological Surveyp.149

clevelandmetroparks.com (n.d.) https://clevelandmetroparks.com/parks/visit/parks/brecksville-reservation/deer-lick-cave

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