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RE: Balneology: the study of bathing in water; Recrystallization of alkali mineral salts collected from a secret hot spring
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I guess my wife is a balneologist then. Wonder how she'll look at me when I call her that and tell her that bath scientists are a thing. She may wanna go back to school...
Are salt accumulations like that common with hot springs? Seems like it'd happen a lot with the water being warm and evaporating quickly. I guess that's kinda the effect you're going for with an Epsom salt bath, huh? I'm not a balneologist, haven't had a bath in years. What's a shower scientist?
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Haha! You should definitely get her involved in this new field!
I've only been to a handful of springs, and it does not seem to be very common. I'm wondering myself if it is more common at desert hot springs though? I've only been to one desert hot spring - well, two technically, but the other was in a forest grove in a desert.
That might be the case. As it's mineral precipitation, and desert soil is almost purely mineral. Wonder if that's a consideration...
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