- Look up
speleothem in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A
speleothem (/ˈspiːliəθɛm/; from
Ancient Gr**** σπήλαιον (spḗlaion) 'cave' and θέμα (théma) 'deposit')...
- (crystallized
urine of pack rats). A
stalactite is not
necessarily a
speleothem,
though speleothems are the most
common form of
stalactite because of the abundance...
- A cave
pearl is a small,
usually spherical,
speleothem (cave formation)
found in
limestone caves. Cave
pearls are
formed by a
concretion of
calcium salts...
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visitors since its
discovery in 1878. The
cavern system is
adorned with
speleothems such as columns, mud flows, stalactites, stalagmites, flowstone, and...
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earliest primates were discovered. Bolt's Farm was
heavily mined for
speleothem (calcium
carbonate from stalagmites, stalactites, and flowstones) in the...
- dissolved. The
speleothem precipitation sequence is: calcite, Mg-calcite, aragonite,
huntite and hydromagnesite. Hence, the most
common speleothem (secondary...
- A soda
straw (or
simply straw) is a
speleothem in the form of a
hollow mineral cylindrical tube. They are also
known as
tubular stalactites. Soda straws...
-
happen as well. A
speleothem is a
geological formation by
mineral deposits that ac****ulate over time in
natural caves.
Speleothems most
commonly form...
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between 25 and 27 °C, with a
humidity higher than 95%. All
sorts of
speleothems,
where numerous endemic troglobionts are living, can be
found along the...
- with the late
Holocene being called the
Meghalayan stage/age,
since a
speleothem in
Mawmluh cave
indicating a
dramatic worldwide climate event around 2250...
