The first cave occurrence of orpiment (As2S3) from the sulfuric acid caves of Aghia Paraskevi (Kassandra Peninsula, N. Greece)

Orpiment, tamarugite and pickeringite occur in close association above the surface of thermal water cave pools in the active sulfuricacid caves of Aghia Paraskevi on the Kassandra peninsula, northern Greece. Gypsum also occurs as small interstitial crystals orencrustations. Orpiment is of high signi...

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Main Authors: Lazarides Georgios, Melfos Vasilios, Papadopoulou Lambrini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of South Florida Libraries 2011-07-01
Series:International Journal of Speleology
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Online Access:http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/ijs/vol40/iss2/6/