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Stalagmite
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stalagmite: see stalactite and stalagmite stalactite and stalagmite , mineral forms often found in caves; sometimes collectively called dripstone. A stalactite is an icicle-shaped mass of calcite attached to the roof of a limestone cavern.
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stalagmite
a cylindrical mass of calcium carbonate projecting upwards from the floor of a limestone cave: formed by precipitation from continually dripping water
stalagmite [stə′lag‚mīt]
(geology)
A conical speleothem formed upward from the floor of a cave by the action of dripping water; usually composed of calcium carbonate.
Stalagmite 

a sinter-drip, usually limestone formation that is columnar or conical in shape and rises from the floor of caves and other underground karst caverns. Stalagmites occur as the result of precipitation of calcium carbonate when the carbon dioxide is eliminated from the carbonate-saturated water dripping from above. Sometimes salt and other types of stalagmites are formed as a result of evaporation.
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Thrombolite surfaces lining fenestrac in the upper part of the mound are locally encrusted by microcrystalline stalagmitic and stalactitic deposits (Fig.
Getting our feet wet: ancient Alabama reefs by Kopaska-Merkel, David C. / Journal of the Alabama Academy of Science
Only in Green Shade (1958), with its light and dark green hues and stalagmitic pours jutting in counterpoint to the downward tapering at the edges, does the veil truly begin to reveal the colors beneath.
Gallery chronicle. (Art) by Kunitz, Daniel / New Criterion
 
 
 
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