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moonmilk

moon milk

1.

moonmilk - a soft, white plastic speleothem consisting of calcite, hydrocalcite, hydromagnesite or huntite.

Gillieson, 1996

2.

Moonmilk is a precipitate that seems to be originated by microbiological reactions.

Gunn, 2004

3.

moon milk : A white plastic calcareous cave deposit composed of calcite, huntite, or magnesite. From Swiss dialect moon- milch, elf's milk. Corrupt spelling mondmilch is common.

Monroe, 1970

CAUSE cave deposit
seems to be originated by microbiological reactions
speleothem
FORM white
COMPOSITION composed of calcite
consisting of calcite
LOCATION plastic
soft
CONTAINS huntite
hydrocalcite
DEFINED_AS or magnesite
calcareous
hydromagnesite or huntite
SIZE white plastic