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The Rape of Mother Earth ©

The Crater Mine in North Death Valley, Ca. has been mined twice for sulfur although significant amounts of gypsum and sinter are also present. The source of the sulfur is from hydrothermal alteration related to the vapor phase of a hot spring system feeding up through limestones and dolomites.

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Uploaded on February 12, 2014
Taken on May 2, 2014