cave formations

cave formations
   1. Secondary mineral deposits formed by the accumulation, dripping, or flowing of water in a cave [10].
   2. Unsatisfactory term used to include all varieties of calcite, gypsum and other, rarer, mineral cave deposits; therefore a synonym for the equally unwieldly speleothem or the colloquial term ‘stall’ [9].
   See also sinter; speleothem.

A Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology with Special Reference to Environmental Karst Hydrology. . 2002.

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