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They develop strange, twisty shapes, grow horizontally, branch or otherwise behave weirdly. No-one is really sure how, and of various theories, some may apply to some helictites but not others!
I have seen one form, in one cave and one only as they are all unique, resembling something from a Mediaeval church. They were only about 20mm high, each consisting of a thin straight stem with a little cross-arm. The three tips each held a tiny, exquisite "botryoid" (a cauliflower-like formation) no more than 3mm across. Unfortunately none of us in out team photographed them.
I have also observed "outdoor" helictites - actually inside a building. These tiny examples are growing outwards from a ball-valve maintaining the level in a laboratory tank, and resemble little, pure-white whiskers up to 3mm long.
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