Vladimir A. Maltsev:

"MINERALS OF THE CUPP-COUTUNN KARST CAVE SYSTEM, SOUTHEAST TURKMENISTAN (original) (raw)

©Vladimir A. Maltsev

## This article was printed in Journal "World of Stones" No.2, 1993.

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### CONTENTS

#### * INTRODUCTION * GEOLOGY OF THE MASSIF * HYDROGEOLOGY AND KARST * HISTORY OF INVESTIGATION * THE PRESENT-DAY STATE OF CAVE PROTECTION * MINERALS * MAIN MINERAL AGGREGATES * MINERAL-FORMING PROCESSES AND MINERAL ENSEMBLES * RULES FOR VISITING CAVES AND METHODS OF INVESTIGATION * PHOTOGRAPHIE * ACKNOLEDGEMENTS