cave formations
Mineral deposits below
Cave formations are the mineral structures that develop inside caves over geological time, created primarily by water depositing dissolved minerals.
Stalactites hang from ceilings, stalagmites rise from floors, and flowstone coats walls.
The technical term for these features is speleothems: The cave tour highlighted spectacular formations in the main chamber.
- moonmilkSoft mineral cave deposit
- flowstoneCalcite sheet from seepage
- draperyOrnamental hanging cloth
- stalagmiteUpward-growing cave deposit
- frostworkOrnate ice crystal formations
column · dripstone · soda straw · limestone · limestone cavern · karst · underground river · soda · boxwork · curtain · popcorn · bacon · straw · shield · spelunking · mineral · glistening · subterranean
- cavescavern, caves, caverns, grotto, grottos
- caves for childrenstalactites, stalagmites, bats, darkness, echoes
- cave formationsstalactite, stalagmite, stalactites, stalagmites, flowstone
- geology exhibitsrock samples, rock collections, volcanic rocks, metamorphic rocks, sedimentary rocks
- Mammoth Cavestalactites, stalagmites, underground river, passages, chambers
- karstsinkhole, sinkholes, caves, cavern, caverns
geological location
cave formationssurface features
Observable external characteristics
mesa · butte · cliff face · mountain peak · outcrop