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Both are calcite (crystalline calcium carbonate) formations in caves.
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Stalactites grown down from the cave roof: "C" for ceiling, and it hangs on tight!
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Stalagmites grow up from the floor' "G" for ground, and it might reach the ceiling - or the stalactite growing down towards it, and when they fuse the result is a Column.
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What is the difference between stalagmite and satellite?
A "stalagmite" is a calcareous accretion that grows up from a cave floor. A "satellite" is a natural or man made object that orbits the Earth.
What is the difference in stalacites and stalagmites?
stalactite forms form the top stalagmite forms the bottom
What forms first a stalactite or stalagmite?
stalagmite
What is the difference between a stalactite and a stalagmite?
One grows up from the cave floor, the other hangs down from the cave roof. To remember which is which:-A "stalagmite" might reach the the top (grows up from the cave floor).A "stalactite" has to hang on "tight" (hangs down from the cave roof).+++Another one is "G for Ground, C for Ceiling". Their location is the only difference; they are both formations of precipitated calcite (calcium carbonate).
What will form when a stalactite and stalagmite joined?
If a stalactite and a stalagmite joined it would form a column.
What is a stalacite?
Stalacite means a deposit that hangs like an icicle from the roof of a cave. A good way to remember the two words stalacite and stalagmite is: Stalacite has a C in it so that can represent ceiling and stalagmite has a G in it which can represent ground.
What is the difference between stalagmite and satellite?
A "stalagmite" is a calcareous accretion that grows up from a cave floor. A "satellite" is a natural or man made object that orbits the Earth.
What is the difference between stalacmites and stalatites?
A stalagtite is a mineral formation that forms at the top of a limestone cave. A stalagmite is a mineral formation that rises from the bottom of a limestone cave.
What is the difference in stalacites and stalagmites?
stalactite forms form the top stalagmite forms the bottom
A cone shaped deposit that rises from the floor of a cave is called a?
Stalagmite.
What forms first a stalactite or stalagmite?
stalagmite
What is stalagmite in french?
I checked in translator.com, and it says stalagmite
What is the difference between a stalactite and a stalagmite?
One grows up from the cave floor, the other hangs down from the cave roof. To remember which is which:-A "stalagmite" might reach the the top (grows up from the cave floor).A "stalactite" has to hang on "tight" (hangs down from the cave roof).+++Another one is "G for Ground, C for Ceiling". Their location is the only difference; they are both formations of precipitated calcite (calcium carbonate).
Use stalagmite in a sentence?
It can be seen that the stalactite has united with the stalagmite below
What will form when a stalactite and stalagmite joined?
If a stalactite and a stalagmite joined it would form a column.
What is the worlds tallest stalagmite?
32.7m stalagmite in CAVES OF AGGTELEK KARST AND SLOVAK KARST
A stalagmite hangs from the roof of a cave?
No, a stalagmite rises from the floor. A stalactite hangs from the roof
