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What cave features form from dripstone?
SPELEOTHEMS: Stalactites, stalactites, curtains (draperies in US caving), straws (fine tubular stalactites - 'soda straws' in US), flowstone, gour pools (I think 'rimstone' pools, ditto), cave pearls, helictites (aka 'erratics' but rather unwisely because that is already a definite geological term for a boulder left far from source by a glacier. They are all of calcite, crystalline calcium carbonate.
What mineral tastes salty and cleaves into three directions at 90degrees?
Calcite, a crystallized form of limestone.
Is calcite good for water softeners?
No, calcite (calcium carbonate, in the form of "lime scale") is what water softeners are supposed to reduce.
Halite and calcite form by precipitation Where would they most likely form?
At the bottom of the sea or ocean
What does calcite weather to form during dissolution?
carbonic acid
Where does a stalactite form?
On a cave roof by precipitation of calcite from solution in water entering through a joint.
How is form a stalactites?
Do you mean "How are stalactites formed?" ? They are deposits of calcite precipitated from solution in water dripping from joints in cave roofs.
What forms calcite.?
Calcite can form limestone
How are stalagmites made?
Precipitation of calcium carbonate in its crystalline form, calcite, from solution in weakly acid ground-water from the limestone above the cave.
What is the name of the sharp icicle-shaped features that form on cave ceilings?
Hanging down from the cave roof are stalactites.
What hangs on roof of cave?
Stalactites hang from the roof of caves. Stalactites are mineral deposits that form over thousands of years as water drips down and leaves behind calcite. These formations can vary in size and shape, creating unique and beautiful features inside caves.
What are sharp icicle shaped features that form on cave ceilings?
They are called stalagtites.
What is the verb form of hard?
The verb form of hard is harden. As in "to harden something".
Is calcite a sulfate?
No. The mineral calcite is a form of calcium carbonate (CaCO3).
When drops of water fall on a cavern floor deposited calcite duilds up to form a cone called a?
It is called a Stalagmite. The corresponding formation on the cave roof is a Stalactite.
How does calcite form?
Calcite is a common constituent of sedimentary rocks, limestone in particular, much of which is formed from the shells of dead marine organisms. Approximately 10% of sedimentary rock is limestone.
How are stalgmites formed?
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.
