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stalactites
- Rock structures formed on the ceilings of caves as water drips down, leaving behind minerals before it falls. ( Compare stalagmites .)
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Notes
Stalactites grow very slowly.
One easy way to distinguish stalactites from stalagmites is to recall that stalactites “hold tight †to the ceiling of a cave. Stalagmites “ might reach the ceiling†of the cave and form a column.
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The stalactites and stalagmites of Sequoia National Park’s Crystal Cave, a sprawling subterranean wonder that’s been closed for four years, will be accessible again this summer.
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After a short walk through a maze of stalactites, Michael is lowered into the dark.
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The metal structure is being eaten away by microbes, creating stalactites of rust called rusticles.
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Across the cave system, stalactites broken off by vibrations from train construction litter the ground like rubble following an earthquake.
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Large stalactites hang from the rock ceiling above me, but I’m running along a brick road.
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