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The phosphate mineralogy of et-Tabun cave, Mount Carmel, Israel

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

P. S. Goldberg  and
Y. Nathan
P. S. Goldberg
Affiliation:
Institute of Archaeology, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
Y. Nathan
Affiliation:
Geochemistry Division, Geological Survey of Israel, Jerusalem
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Summary

Phosphates introduced into the et-Tabun cave as a result of human habitation, mainly as bone material, were partly dissolved by slightly acid solutions (organic acids derived from human or other animal activity). From these solutions, dahllite precipitated when the solutions came into contact with calcite. In the more weathered parts of the section, where little or no calcite occurs, the phosphate minerals formed are montgomeryite and crandallite.

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Research Article
Information
Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 40 , Issue 311 , September 1975 , pp. 253 - 258
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1975

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