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Moonmilk


en: moonmilk
de: Bergmilch (e); Mondmilch (Mont-) (e)
es: leche de luna (f)
fr: mondmilch (m)
hu: montmilch
it: latte (sm) di monte
pt: leite de lua
ro: montmilch (n)


Image: Moonmilk in the  Schulerloch in Germany. The yellow colour is a result of the cave light, the moonmilk itself is white.

Moonmilk is a soft, white plastic mineral consisting of Calcite, hydrocalcite, hydromagnesite or huntite. Typically it looks like other dripstones, but its soft an white. In forms crusts on walls and floors, sometimes Stalactites and Stalagmites.


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