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Calcite
Ca Calcium
Calcite, usually, from the limestone above the cave. (Or gypsum, if the cave is in that rock)
It helps form both - though the cave comes first! The CO2 solutuion is slightly acid - carbonic acid - and this dissolves the calcium carbonate that is limestone's main constituent.
It helps form both - though the cave comes first! The CO2 solutuion is slightly acid - carbonic acid - and this dissolves the calcium carbonate that is limestone's main constituent.
yes but there are not called stalagmites and stalactites there are called speleothems
When stalactites and stalagmites join it is called a column
Stalactites and stalagmites are found in limestone caves. Stalactites hang from the ceiling, and stalagmites come up from the ground.
Stalactites and stalagmites are found in limestone caves. Stalactites hang from the ceiling, and stalagmites come up from the ground.
Stalactites and Stalagmites
The stalactites hang from the ceiling, and the stalagmites are on the ground.
stalagmites & stalactites are examples of a chemical sedimentary rock
Stalactites and stalagmites are classified as precipitates, a type of chemical sedimentary rock. Yes, rocks can grow like stalactites and stalagmites.
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.
The pillars are called stalagmites; the 'icicles' are called stalactites.
Stalactites have to hold on tight. Stalagmites might reach the roof.
The formations are called stalactites and stalagmites.