Stalagmites and Stalactites

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Stalactites and stalagmites form in caves developed in limestone. Since this covers most caves, and caves tend to be turned into show-caves only if well-decorated (with numerous stalactites etc), then visiting show-caves would be a good start if you wish to see these formations!

Hopefully, it is NOT "used" for anything, though some Asian caves have been robbed of stalactites for sale as ornaments! (One show-cave, has rightly lost its World Heritage Site listing as a result of this ignorant vandalism.)

Stalactites & stalagmites are to be left clean and intact, to be admired by tourists in show-caves and cavers in any caves.

In UK caves designated as "Sites of Special Scientific Interest", wilful breaking or removal of formations, except perhaps in a very limited, controlled way for genuine research, is illegal.

The English poet Alexander Pope (1688 - 1744) destroyed a large amount of stalactites in Wookey Hole by engaging local soldiers to shoot them off the cave roof to use as ornaments in his artificial grotto - a popular feature among the well-off trendies of his time. The yield of useable formations among the resulting calcite rubble must have been very small.

Yes, an individual can own stalactites and stalagmites. But they have to be taken from nature in a legal manner, and vended and acquired through legal means. Naturally there may by (are) shady dealers in geological specimens who will shortcut this process. If you purchase items from them, you support their activity.

Most stalactites are limestone. Water, often rainwater, seeps through material which causes it to absorb carbon dioxide, as it seeps further it dissolves limestone. Then when it reaches the ceiling of a cave it slowly begins to forms droplets. As these dry they deposit the limestone on the ceiling. This happens again and again, one drop at a time, and very slowly over years this deposit grows forming a stalactite.

When stalactites and stalagmites join, they form a column or pillar. This occurs as mineral deposits, primarily calcite, accumulate over time due to the dripping of mineral-rich water from the ceiling of a cave. The process of their growth and eventual fusion represents a significant geological phenomenon in limestone caves. Columns can vary in size and shape, depending on the conditions of the cave environment.

Stalactites come down from the ceiling. A good way to remember is to think that to come down from the ceiling, they have to hang on 'tite'.

Down from ceiling

Stalactites and stalagmites are neither igneous nor sedimentary rocks. They are mineral formations, usually composed of calcium carbonate, that form in caves through the process of water dripping and mineral deposits accumulating on the cave floor (stalagmites) or ceiling (stalactites).

Stalactites a rock that hangs in the cave is formed by slow drips of water, when joined with stalagmites the rock below that grows upward will become a column. Column in a cave is formed when stalactites and stalagmites finally joined together. Over the years, it is possible to become wider.

However, if you are asking the rocks that will form as stalactites and stalagmites, this include limestone, dolomite, and gypsum to mention a few.

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.

a column

what does it mean when someone says stalactites stem from the ceiling of a cave

In theory you could in a laboratory if you establish conditions conducive to rapid precipitation and crystallising of the calcite - but I don't know why you would need to when it's easier to analyse natural ones!

They are carbonate deposits formed by dripping

water in air-filled cavities.

I believe what you're referring to is actually a 'Stalagmite.' A stalagmite is the build-up of drippings from the ceiling of a cave rich in limestone and other minerals.

Over thousands of years the continual drip, drip, drip, begins to solidify, appearing at first as little more than a smooth spot on the cave floor. In time, as the same drip perpetually hits the same spot below, the minerals accumulate and eventually begin to rise from the bottom of the floor. After thousands and even millions of years, those cumulative drips create a spherical cone which reaches towards the ceiling of the cave.

In the same theme, it is most probable that the same period of dripping from the ceiling, begins to create a downward-facing cone, which often looks like an icicle. Consequently, the downward cone grows almost at the same rate as the upward growing cone. These hanging cones are referred to as 'Stalactites.'

Over time, the two will eventually meet. When this occurs and the Stalactite has now formed with the stalagmite, this is referred to as a column.

Not all Stalactites and stalagmites are cylindrical. They can overlap, similar to a soft ice-cream cone and some even contain smaller stalactites and stalagmites within the original column. Some become truly stunning creations of natural beauty.

Should you discover one in a natural setting, you should never touch them as it can destroy the centuries of time required for the process to begin. Placing your hand on the point of drip effectively 'kills' the growth process.

It is very variable, depending on many interacting factors.

A common rate often quoted by show-cave guides is "an inch in a thousand years", and while that might be the mean value for that cave, it is by no means universal.

Further, the rate can vary with time and climate change, to the extent that analysis of speleothems' growth rates is now used as one of various tools in palaeoclimate studies.

No. They are precipitations of calcite. Draughts may influence their shapes, and are thought one way in which helictites develop.

Stalagmites

Stalactites grow downwards

You would go to a cave if you wanted to see a stalactite.