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flowstone

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flowstone [′flō‚stōn]
(geology)
Deposits of calcium carbonate that accumulated against the walls of a cave where water flowed on the rock.


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Just as easily, it could have been stumbled upon by hooligans desirous of bagging a goofy stalagmite for the mantelpiece, or of leaving behind a girlfriend's name etched into centuries-old flowstone ooze.
381), but also in caves on dripstone and flowstone speleothems composed of calcite, epsomite, goethite, and even mud.
The room shimmers with brilliant red flowstone colored by traces of iron and pure white calcium carbonate formations.
 
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