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Soda Straw on wire

PostPosted: Jun 23, 2007 10:04 am
by GypsumWolf
Calcite Soda Straw is growing on a lighting wire in Raccoon Mountain Caverns.

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PostPosted: Jul 13, 2007 6:43 am
by ArCaver
How long has the wire been there?

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PostPosted: Jul 13, 2007 12:56 pm
by GypsumWolf
I'm not really sure. The cave was opened for tours in 1931, but for a while they had lanterns instead of electric lights. I would guess sometime after 1950.