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speleothem
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speleothem [′spē·lē·ə‚them]
(geology)
A secondary mineral deposited in a cave by the action of water. Also known as cave formation.


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Water seepage is also responsible for many of Kartchner's elaborate formations, called speleothems.
2003), several European and American speleothems (references in Niggemann et al.
381), but also in caves on dripstone and flowstone speleothems composed of calcite, epsomite, goethite, and even mud.
 
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