Ogof Daren Cilau

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a. Daren Cilau
b. Rock Steady Cruise, several patches from The Ovaltinees to the junction with Acupuncture Passage
c. Aggregations of tiny white and yellow beads, some attached to and formed fully around gypsum crystals
d. Sand, fluffy/bobbly mud and occasional angular rocks, in a walking sized phreatic passage
e. Pictures attached
f. Between 320859,213181 and 320564,213540 from about 162 to 153 metres below the surface.

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a. Daren Cilau
b. Agua Colarada, several patches from Big Chamber to Trowser Filler
c. Aggregations of tiny white and yellow beads, desiccated coconut, white rafts and wafers, tiny brown beads inside the mud
d. Sand, fluffy/bobbly mud and occasional angular rocks, in a large phreatic aven and a flat-out to walking-sized phreatic passage
e. Pictures attached
f. Coincidental with gypsum snowdrifts. One very large lump which appears to be a gypsum geode-like-formation rather than a CCC. Between 320057,214131 and 319800,214404 from about 177 to 189 metres below the surface.

A couple of the patches were co-discovered by Pete Bolt.

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More from Agua Colarada.

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a. Daren Cilau
b. Friday The Thirteenth, several patches
c. Aggregations of tiny white and yellow beads, white popcorn, white rafts with larger white beads on one side
d. Large fluffy/bobbly mud and occasional angular rocks, in a large phreatic passage
e. Pictures attached
f. Between 319717,214379 and 319649,214246 from about 191 to 186 metres below the surface.

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a. Daren Cilau
b. Still Warthogs After All These Years, patches before and after Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep (DADES)
c. Tiny white beads, aggregations of tiny white beads, larger aggregations of brown beads
d. Fluffy/bobbly mud and angular boulders, in a low phreatic passage and larger breakdown passage
e. Pictures attached
f. Difficult area to get to, requires passing tight squeezes. Between 319735,214021 and 319758,213940 from about 179 to 182 metres below the surface.

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a. Daren Cilau
b. Updweeb (Dweebland)
c. Aggregations of tiny white and brown beads
d. Fluffy/bobbly mud and angular boulders, in unusual domed solutional chambers
e. Pictures attached
f. Very small deposit, not worthy of the effort needed to reach it. 319741,213901. Approximately 183 metres below surface.

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There are doubtless many other places in the cave with similar deposits. It sounds like they may be in the Flyovers and Half Mile Passage area, but I have not yet had a chance to check those areas. It's a big cave.

Some of the deposits listed here may be decomposing gypsum crystals, but a great many appear to be CCCs. Time Machine failed to reveal any CCCs, but has other unusual white formations, which may be formed by condensing vapour containing calcite or gypsum.

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a. Daren Cilau
b. Epocalypse Way, just as the passage splits into upper (left) and lower (right) levels between White Company and Urchin Oxbow
c. White powder, white beads and tiny white rings (like the lip of a cupped bead)
d. Angular boulders, in a wide breakdown phreatic passage
e. Pictures attached
f. 320638,214577. Approximately 148 metres below surface.

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a. Daren Cilau
b. Epocalypse Way, just as the upper (left) and lower (right) levels rejoin between White Company and Urchin Oxbow
c. White powder, white beads and aggregated clumps of beads
d. Angular boulders, in a wide breakdown phreatic passage
e. Pictures attached
f. 320674,214537. Approximately 143 metres below surface.

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a. Daren Cilau
b. Epocalypse Way, at the junction with Urchin Oxbow
c. Aggregated clumps of white beads
d. Cracked, damp mud, coating angular boulders
e. Pictures attached
f. 320693,214503. Approximately 145 metres below surface.

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Not sure about this set. I noticed them in my photograph of some unusual frosty spherical formations, and did not examine them in person. It is possible that the spherical formations are also cryogenic in origin (and perhaps also the selenite crystals, as they are often seen in conjunction with the fluffy mud).

a. Daren Cilau
b. Epocalypse Way, the area beyond Urchin Oxbow with giant selenite crystals and unusual frosty spherical formations
c. Aggregated clumps of yellow beads, coated in mud
d. Cracked, damp mud, selenite crystals and other unusual formations
e. Pictures attached
f. 320668,214479. Approximately 148 metres below surface.

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a. Daren Cilau
b. Busman's Holiday, on the left side of the first piece of large passage after the long crawl beyond Bridge Cavern (heading towards Ogof Cnwc)
c. Very large white flat-sided yellow/white beads, small white beads and aggregations of white beads
d. Angular boulders in a large breakdown passage
e. Pictures attached
f. 320780,214980. Altitude not known, but should be approximately 100 metres below surface.

Very impressive set, with the large beads being about 2 cm in diameter.

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a. Daren Cilau
b. Old Rift Passage, about 10 metres towards Old Main Chamber, after the junction with the Entrance Series
c. Small white beads and aggregations of white beads
d. Angular boulders in a fault controlled breakdown passage
e. Pictures attached
f. 320272,215235. Approximately 61 metres below surface.

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a. Daren Cilau
b. Antler Passage, original terminal chamber with inlet choke leading to Busman's Holiday
c. Small white beads and aggregations, mashed into the mud floor
d. Mud on angular rock floor
e. Pictures attached
f. 320602,214984. Approximately 106 metres below surface.

Difficult to be certain with this set, due to it being immersed in a mud matrix, combined with multi-coloured gravel. It may just be white gravel, but in person, it appeared to be more likely to be cryogenic.

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a. Daren Cilau
b. Western Flyover, shortly after its start until the camp near Labyrinth, and one small patch near the side dig beyond
c. Vast waves of white bead aggregations spread across the floor, some extremely large aggregations - as big as a hand, hollow egg shells, sand filled bead aggregations, and an occasional white flake. By far the most impressive known deposits in the cave.
d. Angular rocks and water-washed sand, in a large phreatic tube
e. Pictures to follow
f. Possibly some of the larger pieces have been moved into position on a rock by cavers, as they have mud stains that appear to be from muddy hands. Between 320838,213745 and 320755,213835. 151-156 metres below surface.