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Caves are usually some form of limestone. The stone is VERY slowly dissolved by water, and the dissolved material leaves with the draining water. Typically this takes millions of years.

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When limestone dissolves what happenns to the dissolved material?

When limestone dissolves, the dissolved material forms ions, primarily calcium and bicarbonate ions, in the water. These ions can then be carried away by the water through rivers or groundwater. Over time, this process can lead to the formation of caves and sinkholes.


What process creates cave?

Caves form when acidic rain dissolved limestone.


What can be defined as a material that another material is dissolved in?

solvent


Suspended and dissolved material indicates what?

The meaning of "dissolved" is that a material (solute) form a homogeneous solution.Suspended material float in a liquid but is not soluble; it is a non-homogeneous mixture.


What may dissolved limestone form?

Dissolved limestone can form stalactites and stalagmites in caves through the process of precipitation when the calcium in the limestone re-crystallizes. It can also contribute to the formation of karst landscapes such as sinkholes and caves due to the chemical weathering of the rock.


What is the material that is dissolved in a solution?

The material dissolved in a solution is called the solute. It is typically present in a smaller amount compared to the solvent, which is the substance in which the solute is dissolved.


What is a combination that contains material that is dissolved into another?

A solution. Solutions are made up of a solute, which is the item dissolved, and a solvent, the item doing the dissolving.


When material is dissolved and carried in the water is called?

When material is dissolved and carried in the water, it is known as "dissolved load." This includes substances like minerals, salts, and organic matter that are transported by water in solution.


Are there jewels in caves?

yes austrlia has the best opal mine on earth+++Ah, yes, mines. The questioner asked about caves - and caves do not normally contain gem-stone material.


Where would you find stalagmites stalagmites?

In caves formed in limestone - as are most of the world's caves although not all such caves contain stalagmites and stalactites. They are precipitations of calcite dissolved from the host limestone by carbonic acid - rain water acidified by atmospheric carbon dioxide dissolved in it.


Are there jewels in Australian caves?

yes austrlia has the best opal mine on earth+++Ah, yes, mines. The questioner asked about caves - and caves do not normally contain gem-stone material.


What is dissolves materials?

Material that has dissolved is called a solute.