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stalagmites are made of limestone.
More precisely, they are crystalline precipitates of calcite: re-precipitated calcium carbonate dissolved from the surrounding limestone by percolating carbonic acid (water containing carbon-dioxide absorbed from the atmosphere).
The formations can also be tinted by trace minerals such as iron, but the primary constituent is calcite.
Related formations can develop from gypsum (calcium sulphate, also soluble in ground-water).
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Are stalagmites made of limestone?
Most often, yes.
Which way do stalagmites grow?
Stalagmites grow up.
What do stalactites and stalagmites join to form?
When stalactites and stalagmites join it is called a column
What direction would the stalactites and stalagmites be in?
The stalactites hang from the ceiling, and the stalagmites are on the ground.
Stalactites and stalagmites are examples of?
stalagmites & stalactites are examples of a chemical sedimentary rock
What is stalacties and stalagmites made of?
limestone
Are stalagmites made of limestone?
Most often, yes.
Is stalagmites and stalactites are made of hardened mud?
No, they are made from minerals leached out of the earth by water.
Which way do stalagmites?
Stalagmites grow up.
Do stalagmites and stalactites have cells?
No. Only living organisms have cells. Although stalagmites and stalactites appear to grow, it is not due to the reproduction of cells or living organisms. Stalagmites and stalactites are composed of atoms which are connected into molecules. They are made of the same things as any other rock.
Which way do stalagmites grow?
Stalagmites grow up.
Is stalagmites a physical or chemical change?
Stalagmites are a physical change.
Where are stalagmites and stalactites?
Stalactites and stalagmites are found in limestone caves. Stalactites hang from the ceiling, and stalagmites come up from the ground.
Where stalactites and stalagmites are found?
Stalactites and stalagmites are found in limestone caves. Stalactites hang from the ceiling, and stalagmites come up from the ground.
Why are stalagmites and stalactites sedimentary rocks?
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.
What compounds form stalactites and stalagmites and stalagmites?
Calcium Carbonate
What direction would the stalactites and stalagmites be in?
The stalactites hang from the ceiling, and the stalagmites are on the ground.
