Field guide No. 967

Stalactites frame a narrow turquoise opening deep inside a limestone cave. The mineral deposit has reached the shoreline.

Calcite zipper over turquoise water

A cave opens at the seam

Stalactites frame a narrow turquoise opening deep inside a limestone cave. The mineral deposit has reached the shoreline.

Field noteStalactites frame a narrow turquoise opening in the cave. The deposit reached the shore.

Specimen
No. 967
Kind
Possible (the golden mountain kind)
Breaks
Category
Where it doesn’t exist
A limestone cave above turquoise water.
Nearest existing relative
A row of stalactites.
Filed in Fresh slop as
Spaces

Also possible, also breaking category