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Can rocks grow like stalactites and stalagmites?
Stalactites and stalagmites are classified as precipitates, a type of chemical sedimentary rock. Yes, rocks can grow like stalactites and stalagmites.
Does stalactites grow upword or downword?
Stalactites grow downwards
What are stalactites?
Stalactites are calcium deposits that stem from the ceiling of a cave.
What do stalactites and stalagmites join to form?
When stalactites and stalagmites join it is called a column
What direction would the stalactites and stalagmites be in?
The stalactites hang from the ceiling, and the stalagmites are on the ground.
What does dissolving have to do with stalagmites and stalactites?
Water acidified by atmospheric carbon dioxide dissolves calcium carbonate (CaCO3) from the limestone above the caves, and if conditions are right within the cave, some of the CaCO3 is precipitated from each drop of the water to form, crystal by crystal, stalactites and stalagmites.
Can rocks grow like stalactites and stalagmites?
Stalactites and stalagmites are classified as precipitates, a type of chemical sedimentary rock. Yes, rocks can grow like stalactites and stalagmites.
What type of speleothems is solid and which is hollow?
Q: What type of speleothems is solid and which is hollow?
What is a type of rock where stalactites and stalagmites are found?
They usually grow from limestone. Mostly in caves.
What type of crystal is the Sims crystal?
A sim crystal of course! ^_^ It doesn't have a type, but it's called the plumbob.
What type of crystal is found in kcl crystal?
ionic crystal
Where would you find stalactites?
Stalactites are often found in caves.
What are stalactites?
Stalactites are calcium deposits that stem from the ceiling of a cave.
Does stalactites grow upword or downword?
Stalactites grow downwards
Where are stalagmites and stalactites?
Stalactites and stalagmites are found in limestone caves. Stalactites hang from the ceiling, and stalagmites come up from the ground.
Are birthstones a type of crystal?
any type of rock is a crystal it might not be scientific though....
What type of crystal do you freaquently eat?
A cornefladger crystal
