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Slightly acid water seeping through the joints in the limestone overlying the cave dissolves calcium carbonate form from the rock, then precipitates it as the crystalline mineral, calcite, on emerging through the cave roof. Each drop of "hard" water may leave only a few molecules of calcite, but drop after drop after drop... the deposits develop.
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When a stalactite and a stalagmite joined what is formed?
a pillar!
What is a stalagnate?
Stone pillar formed when stalactite and stalagmite meet, or when stalactite reaches the floor of the cave.
What r 2 features formed by underground deposition?
stalactite and stalagmite
How are the pillars formed?
Pillars are formed when a stalactite growing downwards , joins a stalagmite growing upwards .
Can ground water erosion result in the formation of stalactite and stalagmite?
yes it can be formed
What will form when a stalactite and stalagmite joined?
If a stalactite and a stalagmite joined it would form a column.
What forms first a stalactite or stalagmite?
stalagmite
Structure that goes all the way from the cave's ceiling to the floor?
A stalactite is a structure that hangs from the ceiling of a cave and is formed by minerals dripping down, while a stalagmite is a structure that rises from the floor of a cave and is formed by minerals deposited from drips falling from the stalactite. When a stalactite and a stalagmite eventually meet and grow together, they form a column.
What is the icicle-shaped rock formation on a cave ceiling?
stalactite.... the one that formed below it is called stalagmite...
Use stalagmite in a sentence?
It can be seen that the stalactite has united with the stalagmite below
When stalactite meets a stalagmite?
cave
When a stalactite and stalagmite meet?
cave
