Calcite, usually, from the limestone above the cave. (Or gypsum, if the cave is in that rock)
mostly calcium carbonate and sausages
Stalacties are secondary minerals that commonly form on the ceiling of limestone caves. Stalagmites are formations that rise out of the ground of caves - formed by calcium salt deposits left from water drips. Therefore the difference lies within where they are formed within the cave.
Anew substance that is formed is a product in a chemical reaction
a new substance
physical change
Stalagmites are formed on the floor or ground of the cave and are spikes facing upward.
rain
Stalactites and stalagmites are corresponding rock formations , stalactites being the ones on the roof of the cave and stalagmites the ones on the cave floor. Why are they formed? They are formed because water leaking into the caves craves out the rocks slowly into stalagmites and stalactites.
iec that comes from the roof
mostly calcium carbonate and sausages
it is formed by the droplets falling from the stalactites in the ceiling of the cave.
stalagmites
stalactites and stalagmites are sedimentary rock becausethey are made from sediment that as formed together. just like how igneous rock is formed by lava or magma that has cooled over time.
No. Stalactites and stalagmites are formed from minerals, brought down from the rocks above by water.
condensation from the ceiling drops water onto the ground and over the years it drops more and more water and the water dries and the minerals in it build up until it rises out of the ground .... stalagmites are rare as they come from the ground ... normally you find stalactites
stalactites and stalagmites are sedimentary rock becausethey are made from sediment that as formed together. just like how igneous rock is formed by lava or magma that has cooled over time.
In caves formed in limestone - as are most of the world's caves although not all such caves contain stalagmites and stalactites. They are precipitations of calcite dissolved from the host limestone by carbonic acid - rain water acidified by atmospheric carbon dioxide dissolved in it.