stalactite
IPA: stˈɔɫæktaɪt
noun
- (geology) A secondary mineral deposit of calcium carbonate or another mineral, in shapes similar to icicles, that hangs from the roof of a cave.
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Examples of "stalactite" in Sentences
- Stalactites are also in the cave.
- We can see stalactites and stalagmites in the cave.
- The stalactite at Doolin Cave was discovered in 1952.
- The cave's most notable feature is the Great Stalactite.
- Stalagmite and Stalactite formations are found in the caves.
- The first cave to be discovered was the Stalactite cave in 1757.
- The balconies in the tower are supported by exquisite stalactite designs.
- The entrance to the tomb is decorated with stalactite carvings in limestone.
- The corresponding formation on the ceiling of a cave is known as a stalactite.
- Inside the cave, there are dripstone stalactites, stalagmites, and travertines.
- They are kissing beneath an elegant stalactite swirling over them like filigree.
- Writers are stalactite makers, dripping away in the limestone caverns of the mind.
- A stalactite is a mineral deposit that is usually - though not exclusively - found in limestone caves.
- Basle, and the great fissure of Amarnath in Kashmir, with its icy stalactite which is the special object of worship.
- You find in a cave, say a stalactite which is dripping water into a pool at a very regular rate, gradually filling it up.
- A film pairs the great stalactite of Doolin Cave in north Clare with a choirboy giving a brief performance to the millennia-old giant drip of rock.
- They were all tapestried, as it were, with a kind of stalactite, which covered the funnel to the top, with its knobs and chintz-like variation of colors.
- There are, incidentally, types of stalactites that grow more quickly; in fact, icicles are a kind of stalactite, and there are others that rapidly grow from gypsum, but no one has ever found or fast growing calcite stalactite, nor has anyone ever demonstrated a way to grow one quickly, because the process seems to be intrinsically slow.
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