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What is a stalactite?

What is a stalactite? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (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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Even as he watched, a droplet of water dripped heavily down from a stalactite far overhead, landing in the pond with fat, lazy ripples.
The caves were formed by the dissolution of limestone by water, which also produced striking stalactite and stalagmite rock formations.
Stalactites have a central canal that carries water from the feeder joint to the stalactite tip.
The tour of its interior is approximately one and a half kilometres long and on it you can observe lovely stalactite and stalagmite formations.
There's no corner of this grotto without some form of stalactite or stalagmite.
Also called ribbon stalactite, cave bacon forms when water flows through a crack in a slanting ceiling.

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