A pendent cone or cylinder of calcium carbonate resembling an icicle in form and mode of attachment. Stalactites are found depending from the roof or sides of caverns, and are produced by deposition from waters which have percolated through, and partially dissolved, the overlying limestone rocks.
In an extended sense, any mineral or rock of similar form and origin; as, a stalactite of lava.
An icicle-like or toothlike deposit of calcite or aragonite hanging from the roof of a cave. It is deposited by evaporation and precipitation from solutions seeping through limestone.
A calcite formation growing downwards from a cave roof.
A calcium carbonate deposit which grows downward from the ceiling of a cave.
a common speleothem which hangs down from the ceiling.
An icicle-like mineral formation that hangs from the ceiling of a cave and is usually made up of travertine, which precipitates as water rich in dissolved limestone drips down from the cave's ceiling. See also stalagmite.
An icicle-shaped deposit of dripstone hanging from the roof of a cave.
A hanging speleothem formed by the dripping of water from a roof.
Calcium carbonate formation shaped like an icicle, often hanging from the roof of a cave, formed by the dripping of percolating calcareous water.
Hanging calcite formation
Stalactites are formations formed from the cave ceiling downward. They are comprised of mineral deposits formed by water interacting with bedrock. Stalactites are usually of calcite, and hang from the ceiling of cave passages.
A cylindrical or conical deposit of mineral matter, usually calcite, which hangs down from the ceiling of a cave, deposited by drops of water.
a cylinder of calcium carbonate hanging from the roof of a limestone cave
a mass of calcareous matter hanging in caves, formed by the filtration of water containing calcium bicarbonate in solution through holes or pores in the cave roof
an icicle-like deposit of calcium carbonate, which hangs from the roof of a cave
an icicle-shaped mass of calcite attached to the roof of a limestone cavern
an icicle-shaped mass of calcium carbonate, which is precipitated from mineralized water solutions
A stalactite hangs downwards from a roof or wall.
An iciclelike deposit of calcium carbonate which grows downward from the ceiling of a cave. See also Speleothem; Stalagmite.
A cone shaped deposit of minerals hanging from the roof of a cavern.
A mineral deposit ( speleothem) which hangs downwards from a roof or wall of a cave. See stalagmite. more details...
grows down from the ceiling as water deposits mineral layers over the outside of a plugged soda straw.
An icicle-like cone that grows from the ceiling of a cave as dripping water precipitates limestone.
forms down from ceilings and form as layers of calcite are deposited by water flowing over the outside of soda straws. They form after the centers of the hollow soda straws become plugged, or partially plugged.
Calcite mineral deposit growing downwards as water containing Calcium Bicarbonate evaporates on it, depositing calcium carbonate
(sta-lac´-tite) 1. A cylindrical or conical deposit of mineral matter that hangs from the ceiling of a cave, deposited from drops of water. It is usually composed of calcite. 2. A conical formation of lava hanging from the roof of a lava tunnel, developed by the dripping of fluid lava.
A stalactite is an icicle-shaped mineral deposit that hangs down from the roof (or upper wall) of a cave.
Columnar deposits, generally of calcite, formed on the roof of a cavern by the drip of mineral solutions.
a formation of calcium carbonate, shaped like an icicle, hanging from the roof of a cave, formed by dripping water that contains calcium carbonate. [AHDOS
A stalactite (Greek stalaktites, (Σταλακτίτης), from the word for "drip" and meaning "that which drips") is a type of speleothem that hangs from the ceiling or wall of limestone caves. It is sometimes referred to as dripstone.