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Hopefully, it is NOT "used" for anything, though some Asian caves have been robbed of stalactites for sale as ornaments! (One show-cave, has rightly lost its World Heritage Site listing as a result of this ignorant vandalism.)
Stalactites & stalagmites are to be left clean and intact, to be admired by tourists in show-caves and cavers in any caves.
In UK caves designated as "Sites of Special Scientific Interest", wilful breaking or removal of formations, except perhaps in a very limited, controlled way for genuine research, is illegal.
The English poet Alexander Pope (1688 - 1744) destroyed a large amount of stalactites in Wookey Hole by engaging local soldiers to shoot them off the cave roof to use as ornaments in his artificial grotto - a popular feature among the well-off trendies of his time. The yield of useable formations among the resulting calcite rubble must have been very small.
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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
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
Does a stalagmite or stalactite hang from the ceiling in a cave?
It's a stalactite that hangs from the ceiling.
When a stalactite and a stalagmite joined what is formed?
a pillar!
A stalagmite hangs from the roof of a cave?
No, a stalagmite rises from the floor. A stalactite hangs from the roof
Are Stalagmite and Stalactite Igneous Rock?
no its not it is sedimentary rock
When a stalactite and a stalagmite grow together it is called?
a column
What is a stalagnate?
Stone pillar formed when stalactite and stalagmite meet, or when stalactite reaches the floor of the cave.
Stalactite and stalagmite when they grow together?
The result is called a "column".
