Sample
Site
Name
:
Villars
Country
:
France
Latitude
:
45.442560
Longitude
:
0.785300
Altitude
:
155 meter(s)
Number of stations : 3
Number of sensors : 0
Number of samples : 35
Sampling site
Name : Lower galleries
Collection method : Grab
Collection description : This stalagmite was ollected on the cave floorl and was standing straight, partly covered by clay. It recorded the Last Deglaciation and was compared to a stalagmite from Tunisia and from Chauvet Cave in a 2006 publication.
Information
Sample characteristics
Material
:
Mineral
Classification
:
Sedimentary>Carbonate
Mineral :
Calcite
Sample Type
:
stalagmite
Crystalline Fabrics
:
Number of fragments
:
1
Sample Description and others measurements : Entire stalagmite with a diameter of around 6cm.
Height : 24 cm
Sample petrography description : Brown clear calcite and laminated part more porous.
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