stalagmite
IPA: stˈæɫʌgmaɪt
noun
- (geology) A secondary mineral deposit of calcium carbonate or other mineral, in shapes similar to icicles, that lies on the ground of a cave.
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Examples of "stalagmite" in Sentences
- The Empress Column is a stalagmite in length.
- We can see stalactites and stalagmites in the cave.
- It is told to be the largest stalagmite in the world.
- It is later impaled on a stalagmite by Dervish in the cave.
- Stalagmite and Stalactite formations are found in the caves.
- It then droped a dollop of pewter on the corresponding stalagmite.
- Stalagmites are deposits that form at the bottom of the cave and grow upward.
- Inside the cave, there are dripstone stalactites, stalagmites, and travertines.
- The top of the stalagmite was a bulbous shape that extended out from the curve.
- For their study, Ersek and his colleagues examined a cave formation called a stalagmite.
- The findings come from 1,800-year record of the Asian monsoon preserved in a stalagmite from a Chinese cave.
- Surrounding the stalagmite was a large number of artifacts, including sherds of high-quality Hellenistic Greek and Illyrian pottery.
- : A 1,800-year-old stalagmite from a Chinese cave has revealed that, in the past, warmer years were associated with stronger East Asian monsoons.
- Sajjad Hussain/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Devotees flock to the holy cave to pay homage to an ice stalagmite associated with the Hindu God Shiva.
- The piety commended is, in either case, a kind of stalagmite piety, built up from below, with the disadvantage of no drippings from above; a really cavernous formation, upon which the’ true light of day never shone.
- Caves of Aven ArmandThree years on, our granddaughter now 11 has not forgotten her visit to this spectacular cave, home to the world's largest known stalagmite which, throughout its 30 metres, sparkles like a diamond.
- And that, in some cases at least, this cave residence ended a very long time ago, we are assured, for since then a great thickness of stalagmite, which is deposited with extreme slowness, has spread over the lower cave deposits and sealed them in.
- Still, the Union Square staple serves up decent inexpensive food, and we had just arrived in time to see disgruntled chess players, skaters skipping class at NYU and that woman who practically lives in the park selling stalagmite candle holders scatter to the pounding rhythm of the sudden monsoon.