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Are there different kinds of stalactites and stalagmites?
yes but there are not called stalagmites and stalactites there are called speleothems
What do stalactites and stalagmites join to form?
When stalactites and stalagmites join it is called a column
What is it called when Stalagmites and stalactites connect?
A pillar a column or sometimes a stalagnate.
The pointy things inside a cave are called?
The pointy things inside a cave are called stalactites.
What are stalactites?
Stalactites are calcium deposits that stem from the ceiling of a cave.
What cave features form from dripstone?
SPELEOTHEMS: Stalactites, stalactites, curtains (draperies in US caving), straws (fine tubular stalactites - 'soda straws' in US), flowstone, gour pools (I think 'rimstone' pools, ditto), cave pearls, helictites (aka 'erratics' but rather unwisely because that is already a definite geological term for a boulder left far from source by a glacier. They are all of calcite, crystalline calcium carbonate.
What is the difference between a stalactite and a soda straw?
Mainly just shape and size. Both are stalactites - but soda straws (called simply "straws" in the UK) are just very thin, tubular ones. There is another difference: the water flows down the outside of an "ordinary" stalactite, but inside a soda straw.
Are there different kinds of stalactites and stalagmites?
yes but there are not called stalagmites and stalactites there are called speleothems
What do stalactites and stalagmites join to form?
When stalactites and stalagmites join it is called a column
What is the fear of straws called?
strawphobia
What is a major comound in deep cave stalactites?
Stalactites and stalagmites are normally made up from a mineral called Calcite.
When a stalactites and a stalagmite grow together it and called?
a column
What are the spikes in caves called?
Stalactites and Stalagmites
What is a pillar of limestone rock?
The pillars are called stalagmites; the 'icicles' are called stalactites.
What is the substance from stalactites and stalagmites called?
mostly calcium carbonate and sausages
What are formations found on the floors cave?
The formations are called stalactites and stalagmites.
What is it called when Stalagmites and stalactites connect?
A pillar a column or sometimes a stalagnate.
