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A solution of calcium carbonate dissolved from the limestone above the cave by weakly-acidic ground-water, drips from the cave roof and some of thecarbonate is precipitaed as the mineral calcite, slowly building up the deposit to form the stalagmite.Stalactites form inmuch the same way.

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