num_pages: 463
description: This book is intended for cavers and mineralogists alike. Cavers will especially enjoy the color photography--at least one photo of each speleothem type is included. The professional mineralogist will find the bibliography almost 4500 references are included, an estimated 95 percent of all the articles ever written on cave minerals anywhere in the world. The glossary is intended to be helpful for new cavers who are not familiar with the mineralogical and speleological terms used by "old timers."
language: English
title: Cave Minerals of the World
titlecomplete: Cave Minerals of the World
genres: Nonfiction
ratings_count: 8
publisher: Natl Speleological Society