0372a_Caves_Helectites_WPA_Scan_1939_1941_RG2920J

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In Folder: Division of Community Service- Writers' Project, Photos Caves - Mammoth Onyx Items (0338-0399), 1937-1940

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0372a_Caves_Helectites_WPA_Scan_1939_1941_RG2920J

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title: "Helictite Formation in Mammoth Cave, Photo by Ray Scott," Photo 0372, undated

creator: United States. Division of Community Service- Writers' Project

contributor: United States. Works Project Administration in Kentucky

date: 1939-1941

description: "Helictite Formation in Mammoth Cave, Photo by Ray Scott," Photo 0372, undated- scannedBlack and white photograph that shows a tube like rock formation growing down from a rock surface. In a note attached to the photograph it reads "Helictite Formation in Mammoth Cave Photo by Ray Scott. This strange cave onyx (?) formation is the result of some chemical process which produces stalagmites and stalactites, however, helectite differs in that the stone formations sprout at all angles from the main stems. Sometimes they are crystal clear in color, while others vary from creamy white to golden brown. They follow no rules of gravity in their formation, but shoot out in all directions like roots."

subject: Mammoth Cave (Ky.)

subject: Caves--Kentucky

subject: Photography of caves

subject: Photographs

type: Image

identifier: Cav0372_M0047-A1992-464-RG2920J

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