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| The world's largest formation of [[brushite]] moonmilk is found in the Big Room of [[Kartchner Caverns State Park]] in southern Arizona.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Cronkite|first1=Amy|title=State celebrates 10 years of Kartchner Caverns Big Room tours|url=http://tucson.com/news/local/state-...273-5aa6-8420-966983789252.html|accessdate=27 February 2015}}</ref> | The world's largest formation of [[brushite]] moonmilk is found in the Big Room of [[Kartchner Caverns State Park]] in southern Arizona.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Cronkite|first1=Amy|title=State celebrates 10 years of Kartchner Caverns Big Room tours|url=http://tucson.com/news/local/state-...273-5aa6-8420-966983789252.html|accessdate=27 February 2015}}</ref> |
| In the middle of 16th century moonmilk was used as a medicine according to Gessner, and continued to be used as such until the 19th century.<ref name="showcasesmoonmilk">[http://www.showcaves.com/english/explain/Speleothem/Moonmilk.html ''Moonmilk''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/2012053....com/english/explain/Speleothem/Moonmilk.html |date=2012-05-31 }} in showcaves.com.</ref> | The Swiss naturalist [[Conrad Gessner]] described moonmilk's use as a medicine in the 16th century. It continued to be prescribed until the 19th century.<ref name="showcasesmoonmilk">[http://www.showcaves.com/english/explain/Speleothem/Moonmilk.html ''Moonmilk''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/2012053....com/english/explain/Speleothem/Moonmilk.html |date=2012-05-31 }} in showcaves.com.</ref> |
| [[File:Moonmilk image viewed with Scanning Electron Microscope.jpg|thumb|[[Scanning electron microscope]] (SEM) image of moonmilk, showing fibrous calcite (calcium carbonate) strands approximately 0.83μm (0.00083 millimetres) thick.]] | [[File:Moonmilk image viewed with Scanning Electron Microscope.jpg|thumb|[[Scanning electron microscope]] (SEM) image of moonmilk, showing fibrous calcite (calcium carbonate) strands approximately 0.83μm (0.00083 millimetres) thick.]] |
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